Security Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Security Engineer with 4+ years of security operations experience to serve as a hands-on technical contributor within our 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC). In this role you will be a core executor of our detection, investigation, and response capability, building AI-powered workflows, engineering detection content, and driving operational excellence in a SOX-regulated, SOC 2 Type 2 certified environment.

What You’ll Do

Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts across the SOC queue, hitting SLAs and following playbooks

Lead incident investigations, gather evidence, correlate events, and coordinate containment and recovery

Build and tune AI-assisted and agentic workflows across SIEM, SOAR, and EDR, including Claude via API

Engineer detection content: rules, queries, and alert tuning mapped to MITRE ATT&CK

Write and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation scripts that cut manual toil and accelerate response

Hunt for threats proactively, forming and testing hypotheses against current adversary TTPs

Maintain the SOC technology stack: integrations, health, and content engineering across all platforms

Keep SOX and SOC 2 Type 2 audit-ready evidence: logging coverage, incident records, and procedures

Partner with IT, Cloud, Risk, and Compliance to embed telemetry and surface findings clearly

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What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

4+ years of hands-on experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection

Deep expertise with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, detection engineering, and incident response

Experience writing SOAR playbooks and detection rules or queries in a major SIEM platform

Experience operating in SOX and SOC 2 Type 2 environments, including control evidence and audit support

Hands-on experience applying AI/LLMs to security operations or detection and response

Strong communication skills with both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders

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People’s Skills

Strong attention to detail with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Proactive, self-motivated, and results-driven mindset

Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Passion for continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies.

Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management services. As a third-party logistics provider, we simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers, handling crucial tasks so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that need to ship their products with carriers who transport goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively.

Work environment/physical demands summary:

This job operates in an office environment and uses a computer, telephone and other

office equipment as needed to perform duties. The noise level in the work environment is typical of that of an office with an open seating floor plan. The employee may encounter frequent interruptions throughout the work day. The employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.

Benefits

For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers .

Compensation

$97,864.00-142,293.00 per year

This role is eligible for a bonus that is based on a combination of personal and business performance.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

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