Principal Engineer - EDR | On-Site, Bangalore

The Principal Engineer will be responsible for creation of procedures, implementation of processes and development of staff for managing and maintaining security systems across internal and client environments. The Principal Engineer will work closely with Management, Senior Engineers, Solution Architects, Senior Security Engineers, other Principal Security Engineers and clients to complete high profile, critical services to existing Managed Security Service clients. Serve as a subject matter expert and team lead for Managed Security Services, staying in tune with all client configuration issues and all internal projects.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Experience in Endpoint Security Platforms e.g. AV, EDR, XDR, DLP, Encryption, etc.
• Perform end to end platform engineering management for Security tools
• Good knowledge on Malware / Threats
• Working knowledge on endpoint security technologies like Antivirus, EDR, XDR, DLP, Encryption
• Performing regular checks on synchronization, monitoring and health checks
• Provide recommendation to Customer security team on changes to global policies. Analyze application & Configuration settings, Policies & custom rule sets, historical performance data & provide recommendations.
• Working knowledge of triaging malware alerts
• Working knowledge of security technologies such as SIEM, DLP, UEBA, CASB and hybrid/Cloud Security environments.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience, hands on experience in tools like CrowdStrike / Sentinel One / Palo Alto Cortex XDR (must have good experience in any of these two tools)
• Understanding security by design principles and architecture level security concepts
• Knowledge of and experience with related Workstation and Server technologies.
• Knowledge on deployment tools and MDM tools
• Sound security engineering knowledge (technical) to work collaboratively with the Tech Leads and software/products architects to ensure secure Products
• Good Knowledge on ITIL, Incident management, Change Management and Problem Management including analysis and response
• Understand and manage the requirements of being part of a 24x7 on-call operation, including but not limited to, shift hand-over, operational advice, guidance, support and escalation
• Good knowledge on reporting, documentation etc.
• The role demands the availability for US working hours (5PM (IST) to 2AM (IST))
• This role is Work From Office role.

What you can expect from Optiv

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups.
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)