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CisionCI

Senior Security Engineer

Cision Ltd. is a public relations and earned media software company and services provider, offering solutions for media monitoring, content distribution, and communications analysis.

Cision

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At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate.
Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow.
Empower your impact at Cision. Be seen, be understood, be you.

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help monitor, investigate, and respond to security activity across cloud, identity, endpoint, and Linux-based environments. This role requires hands-on technical ability, strong scripting skills, and practical experience working with AWS, with GCP experience preferred.

What You'll Do

  • Monitor and investigate security alerts across cloud, identity, endpoint, and network environments.
  • Review logs and activity from AWS, GCP, Active Directory, Linux systems, Windows systems, and security tools.
  • Support incident response by gathering evidence, validating suspicious activity, and documenting findings.
  • Write scripts to automate repetitive security tasks, log analysis, reporting, or enrichment.
  • Assist with security reviews, including IAM, storage exposure, compute workloads, and network configurations.
  • Investigate authentication activity, user behavior, privilege changes, and potential account compromise.
  • Work with internal teams to understand systems, identify risks, and support remediation, compliance and audit activities.
  • Be available for after-hours incident response when urgent security events require investigation or support.

What You'll Bring

  • Experience with cloud security concepts, services, logs, and IAM.
  • Strong scripting ability, preferably with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Chronicle, Sentinel, or similar tools.
  • Working knowledge of Linux and Windows systems, command line usage, permissions, processes, and logs.
  • Basic to intermediate understanding of Active Directory, including users, groups, authentication, and privilege changes.
  • Ability to read and interpret logs from cloud platforms, operating systems, and security tools.
  • Understanding of common security concepts such as phishing, credential compromise, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and exposed services.
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform security, including IAM, Cloud Logging, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPCs, and service accounts.
  • Exposure to Kubernetes, containers, or cloud-native workloads.
  • Experience creating automation for security monitoring or response.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in security operations, incident response, systems administration, cloud operations, or a similar technical role.
  • Hands-on experience using scripts to solve operational or security problems.
  • Comfortable working in both cloud and Linux command-line environments.

What we offer:

  • Friendly and welcoming environment focused on people, learning & development
  • 25 vacation days and extra vacation days after age and after children
  • Cafeteria benefit via SZEP card
  • Medicover private health insurance for employees and their family members
  • 10% of your time to work on anything you like, reading groups, tech talks
  • Flexible working and working from home
  • An extensive people development program, including access to Udemy

Please note:

  • Candidates must be available for after-hours incident response when urgent security events require investigation or support.
  • The interview process will include a hands-on practical exercise conducted through screen sharing, where candidates will be asked to demonstrate relevant technical skills.
As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter.
Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.
Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.
Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact hr.support@cision.com
Please review our Global Candidate Data Privacy Statement to learn about Cision’s commitment to protecting personal data collected during the hiring process.

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We are a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We empower public relations, marketing, and communications professionals worldwide to understand, influence, and amplify their stories. With a rich history and a forward-looking approach, we enable the next generation of leaders to strategically navigate the modern media landscape where public opinion directly impacts company success. Our comprehensive suite of tools and services helps professionals monitor media, manage relationships, and analyze engagement to effectively reach and engage their target audiences.

Our offerings include renowned solutions such as PR Newswire, Brandwatch, Cision Communications Cloud®, and Cision Insights. We serve a diverse range of sectors that rely on robust media relations and communications strategies, including corporate communications, marketing, and investor relations. We pride ourselves on our ability to transform media data into actionable insights that our clients need to shape and amplify their narratives in real-time. With offices in 24 countries across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, we are committed to providing best-in-class solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and customer success. We believe in the power of storytelling and equip our clients with the tools to make a meaningful impact.

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