SOC Engineer

Job Description

MISSION:

Ensure EMG's digital assets, cloud platforms, applications, infrastructure, APIs, and data ecosystems are continuously monitored, protected, and defended against cyber threats.

The SOC Engineer is responsible for:

• Building and tuning security detections
• Operating EMG's SIEM/SOAR platforms (Splunk, cloud-native tools)
• Handling cyber investigations and forensics activities
• Enhancing visibility across cloud, on-prem, and application layers
• Supporting threat hunting, response, and vulnerability remediation
• Ensuring alignment with EMG security policies, CISO directives, and regulatory obligations

This role is essential for maintaining EMG's cybersecurity resilience in a hybrid and modernized technology landscape.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES:

1. Security Monitoring & Detection Engineering

● Develop and maintain detection rules, dashboards, alerts, correlation logic, and analytics within:

• Splunk (SIEM)
• SOAR (such as n8n)
• cloud-native SIEM/SOC tools
• endpoint detection tools (EDR/XDR)
• identity logs

● Build detections and emerging threat patterns.

● Configure, monitor and troubleshoot security infrastructure devices and services such as EDR, DLP or CASB

● Identify opportunities for, and promote automation and new technical solutions and security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and improve efficiency

2. Incident Investigation & Threat Response

● Perform L3 investigation of security alerts, including:

• anomalous authentication events
• suspicious network activities
• endpoint compromises
• cloud misconfigurations
• API misuse or credential abuse

● Execute containment and remediation actions in collaboration with cybersecurity teams, IT Ops and Engineering teams

● Produce clear incident reports and contribute to RCA and continuous improvement.

● Establishing disaster recovery procedures and conducting breach of security drills.

3. Threat Hunting

● Conduct proactive threat hunts using:

• log patterns
• anomalous behavior detection
• threat intel feeds
• historical investigations
• cloud & API-specific threat vectors

● Identify gaps in security visibility and propose instrumentation improvements.

4. Security Logging & Observability Integration

● Ensure complete and reliable logging coverage across:

• Cybersecurity tools (EDR, DLP, etc.)
• APIs
• cloud workloads
• network traffic
• databases
• CI/CD systems (GitLab)

● Work with Observability teams to ensure correlated visibility (Dynatrace + Splunk).

5. Vulnerability & Attack Surface Support

● Support vulnerability management by correlating findings with real activity logs.

● Validate remediation and track exploitation attempts related to EMG systems.

● Assist IT Ops and Engineering teams to prioritize and mitigate vulnerabilities.

6. Cyber Security Controls Validation

● Validate enforcement of cybersecurity standards (E.g., Zero Trust, MFA, encryption, identity governance).

● Test security controls effectiveness through simulations or red-team collaboration.

7. Documentation, Playbooks & Knowledge Sharing

● Maintain SOC runbooks, response playbooks, detection documentation, and forensic procedures.

● Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats

8. Collaboration Across IT & Business

● Work closely with:

• CISO (governance, escalation, risk alignment)
• Cybersecurity Architecture Manager
• IAM teams
• Cloud & Production Services
• Network & Infrastructure Ops
• Domain Engineering Teams

● Ensure consistent communication and coordination during incidents and monitoring activities.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE:

• 3-8 years in SOC, security operations, detection engineering, incident response, or cyber defense roles.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk SIEM, SOAR tools, EDR/XDR, and cloud logging.
• Understanding of cloud security (AWS/GCP), API security, microservices architecture.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Strong log analysis, correlation, and detection engineering ability.
• Understanding of attacker techniques, threat vectors, malware behavior, identity attacks.
• Ability to operate during high-pressure security incidents.
• Knowledge of IAM flows, network security, and container security.

OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Analytical, methodical, and rigorous.
• Calm under pressure; reliable during crises.
• Highly ethical and trustworthy.
• Curious and proactive in threat intelligence and detection improvement.
• Risk-oriented: ability to detect, assess risks, and propose realistic solutions
• Business-focused: ability to understand business priorities

Europcar Mobility Group

Europcar Mobility Group is a global mobility player, with 75 years of mobility services expertise and a leading position in Europe. "We help to change the way you move" is what we stand for and brings us together.

We offer to individuals and businesses a wide range of car and van rental services, be it for a few hours, a few days, a week, a month or more, on-demand or on subscription, relying on a fleet of more than 250.000 vehicles, equipped with the latest engines including an increasing share of electric vehicles.

Our brands address differentiated needs, use cases and expectations: Europcar - a global leader of car rental and light commercial vehicle rental, with a premium positioning, Goldcar - a frontrunner at providing low-cost car rental services in Europe, and Fox-Rent-A-Car, one of the main players in the car rental market in the US, with a "value for money" positioning.

Customers' satisfaction is at the heart of the Group's ambition and that of our more than 8,000 employees, everywhere we deliver our mobility solutions, thanks to a strong network in over 130 countries.

More info at: www.europcar-mobility-group.com