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New York Life Insurance Company · 1 day ago

Senior Associate - SOC Engineer

New York, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$121K/yr - $172K/yr

5+ years exp

New York Life Insurance Company is seeking a skilled and motivated SOC Engineer to design, implement, and support the tools and integrations that enable the Security Operations Center (SOC). This role focuses on engineering and automation activities across the SOC technology stack to enhance security operations.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain SIEM and SOAR platforms, ensuring scalability and reliability

Build and maintain log source integrations and custom parsers to expand SOC visibility

Develop and optimize SIEM use cases, correlation rules, and dashboards

Engineer and automate SOAR playbooks to support incident response workflows

Ensure secure and reliable operation of the log data pipeline, including ingestion, parsing, normalization, and enrichment

Partner with SOC Analysts, Threat Intel, and Threat Hunting teams to define detection and response requirements

Translate operational requirements into technical implementations within SIEM and SOAR

Collaborate with IT, application, and infrastructure teams to onboard new log sources and security telemetry

Provide technical expertise and escalation support for SOC operations

Evaluate and implement enhancements to SOC tools and processes to improve detection fidelity and analyst efficiency

Develop and maintain SOC engineering documentation, runbooks, and playbooks

Stay up to date with emerging threats, attacker techniques, and security tool capabilities to evolve detection and response

Identify opportunities for automation to reduce manual effort and accelerate response

Qualification

SIEM platformsSOAR toolsLog data pipeline engineeringDetection engineeringCloud infrastructureCybersecurity conceptsThreat IntelligenceScriptingAutomationEagerness to learnTeam environmentPreferred certificationsCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

5+ years of experience in security engineering, SOC operations, or related IT security roles

Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, QRadar, Google SecOps, Azure Sentinel)

Strong experience with SOAR tools and playbook development (e.g., Splunk SOAR, Tines, Cortex XSOAR, Swimlane, ServiceNow Security Operations)

Proficiency in log data pipeline engineering, parsing, normalization, and enrichment

Familiarity with scripting or automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.)

Familiarity with automating incident response in cloud and hybrid environments through SOAR platforms (Wiz Defend, Tines, etc.)

Understanding of detection engineering and use case development based on MITRE ATT&CK

Solid understanding of common networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and infrastructure devices (e.g., routers, switches)

Strong experience working with cybersecurity tools such as SIEM, EDR, SOAR, Phishing Protection/Email Security, (Elastic, Splunk, Qradar, Google SecOps, Palo XSOAR, SentinelOne, Crowdstrike, Abnormal.AI, CISCO Ironport, Proofpoint)

Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts such as DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, Proxies

Solid understanding of Threat Intelligence, IOCs, and Threat Hunting concepts and procedures

Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and services, preferably in AWS and AZURE

Familiarity with cybersecurity incident analysis and response frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, etc.) and their application to cloud and hybrid environments

Foundational understanding of AI concepts such as LLM, Agents, Models

Experience with and effectively utilize AI/ML to improve day-to-day productivity through automation, Agentic or otherwise

Strong collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with analysts, hunters, and engineers

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong desire to build a career in cybersecurity and eagerness to learn new technologies

Ability to work in a team environment and follow guidance from senior analysts

Preferred

Preferred certifications: AWS Security - Specialty, CCSP, GCLD, GCFR, GCTD

Benefits

Leave programs

Adoption assistance

Student loan repayment programs

Company

New York Life Insurance Company

For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.

Founded in 1845

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.newyorklife.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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