Security Operations Analyst (SIEM & Threat Detection)

Job description

**Location:** Valencia, Spain, Hybrid OR Remote across EMEA **Employment:** Full-Time Contract **Duration:** 6 months, with potential extension **Language:** Fluent English required **Industry:** Cybersecurity / SIEM / Cloud Security ## About the Opportunity Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a major international organization for a **Security Operations Analyst specializing in SIEM and Threat Detection**. You’ll join a global Cybersecurity Operations team focused on building, operating, and continuously improving the security monitoring capabilities protecting international organizations and their technology environments. Unlike a traditional SOC monitoring role, this position has a strong focus on **SIEM administration, detection engineering, security content, data-source onboarding, use-case lifecycle management, and detection optimization**. You’ll work closely with Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Cybersecurity Operations teams to turn security requirements and emerging threats into effective, measurable detection capabilities. ## What You’ll Do - Develop, implement, validate, tune, and maintain **security monitoring and detection capabilities**. - Administer and optimize **SIEM platforms** across multiple customer environments. - Manage security detection rules and use cases throughout their lifecycle. - Onboard, integrate, test, and validate new **security data sources and telemetry feeds**. - Review and improve detection logic, security content, and monitoring configurations. - Collaborate with Threat Intelligence and Incident Response teams to translate threats into actionable detection capabilities. - Support cybersecurity architecture reviews and provide recommendations to improve security monitoring. - Build and maintain **security metrics, dashboards, KPIs, and service-performance reports**. - Evaluate detection effectiveness and identify opportunities to reduce false positives. - Contribute to quality assurance, process reviews, control validation, and corrective actions. - Maintain SOC procedures, standards, documentation, knowledge bases, and operational guidance. - Prepare technical reports, findings, and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders. ## What We’re Looking For - **5+ years** of relevant IT/cybersecurity experience. - Proven hands-on experience **administering a SIEM platform**, ideally Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel. - Strong experience with SIEM/EDR environments and technical security analysis. - Deep knowledge of **Microsoft Security technologies**. - Strong cloud security knowledge across **Azure, AWS, and/or GCP**. - Experience with platforms such as **Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Microsoft Sentinel, or ELK**. - Experience with at least one EDR platform such as **Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or CrowdStrike**. - Knowledge of email security, network monitoring, and incident response. - Strong Linux, macOS, and Windows knowledge. - Fluent English with excellent written and verbal communication skills. ## Nice to Have - Experience designing **SIEM architecture from initial design through implementation**. - Experience building data-ingestion pipelines for diverse cloud and on-premise log sources. - AWS security monitoring experience. - Scripting experience with **Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ruby**, or similar. - Security certifications such as **SC-200, GCIH, CEH, GCFA, GIAC, CCNA, or MCSE**. - Experience working across multiple customer environments. ## Why Join - Work beyond traditional SOC monitoring and contribute to the **engineering and optimization of security detection capabilities**. - Gain exposure to large-scale **SIEM, EDR, cloud, and threat-detection environments**. - Work directly with Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Cybersecurity Operations teams. - Help shape detection use cases, monitoring architecture, and operational processes. - Work on cybersecurity services supporting multiple international organizations. Pragmatike is committed to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In accordance with GDPR, your personal data will be processed lawfully, fairly, and securely and used solely for recruitment purposes, including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration.