Security Operations Engineer

About Glide Identity

Glide Identity is on a mission to deliver the most secure and continuous identity platform for the AI era—built for humans and agents everywhere. We're revolutionizing digital authentication with enterprise-grade security solutions like MagicalAuth and SuperPasskey, protecting billions of users worldwide. Recently raising $20M in Series A funding, we're a fast-growing startup backed by top-tier investors and trusted by leading organizations globally.

The Role

We're looking for a Security Operations Engineer to join our growing team and help protect our corporate and cloud infrastructure. 

You'll be the backbone of our SOC, monitoring threats in real-time, hunting for vulnerabilities, and ensuring our customers' data stays secure.

What You'll Do Day-to-Day

Monitor and optimize our SIEM platform to detect security threats in real-time

Investigate and respond to security incidents with speed and precision

Perform threat hunting and proactive threat analysis across our GCP infrastructure

Support security automation and incident response workflows

Create and fine-tune detection rules based on emerging threats

Conduct security assessments, audits and validate detection capabilities

Analyze cloud logs (Cloud Audit Logs, VPC Flow Logs, Cloud SCC)

Collaborate with engineering teams on security improvements

What We're Looking For

2+ years in SOC\IT security operations, SIEM administration, or security operations

Strong SIEM expertise (Splunk, Logz,io, or similar platforms)

GCP cloud security knowledge (Cloud Audit Logs, Cloud SCC, VPC security) or IT security operations (EDR, DLP, MDM) 

Understanding of attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and MITRE ATT&CK framework

Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) for automation

Knowledge of CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud security

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Nice to Have

Security certifications (CEH, GCIH, CompTIA Security+, Google Cloud Security Engineer)

Penetration testing or security research experience

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science