Principal Security Operations Engineer (Cloud Security)

Location: United States — Austin; hybrid work environment, and candidates must be local to the posting location.

Company

hirify.global provides a mobile advertising and consumer experience platform connecting telecoms, advertisers, app publishers, and consumers.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical authority for the SOC ecosystem and cloud threat detection strategy.
• Lead complex incident investigations across GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, serverless, and other containerized workloads.
• Design, maintain, and fine-tune SIEM, SOAR, log management, CrowdStrike, Orca Security, and related detection and automation capabilities.
• Optimize the MSSP relationship and improve detection quality, response speed, visibility, and protection coverage.
• Develop incident response playbooks and threat-hunting methodologies aligned with MITRE ATT&CK.
• Define SOC metrics such as MTTD and MTTR, coordinate tabletop exercises and BC/DR drills, and advise technical and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• 12+ years of cybersecurity experience in security operations, threat detection, or incident response within global enterprise or SaaS environments.
• Hands-on experience developing and managing SOC functions for GCP and AWS, including cloud logging, monitoring, and automation.
• Strong knowledge of MSSP models, modern adversary tradecraft, cloud attack paths, and detection engineering frameworks.
• Experience with CrowdStrike, Orca, SIEM/SOAR platforms, and security telemetry and automation tools.
• Experience supporting or interfacing with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or SOX compliance programs.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills for presenting technical findings and risks to engineers and executives.

Nice to have

• Advanced certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, CISM, or CCFR.
• Google Cloud certifications such as Professional Cloud Security Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment based in Austin.
• Bonus plan and equity plan.
• 401(k) benefits.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Inclusive environment supporting diversity, equity, and collaboration across global teams.