Security Engineer – AWS Security Incident Response, Cloud Security, AI Security, EDR & SIEM
Full-timePosted
- Salary
- ₹1.2 LPAEstimated from Glassdoor
- Experience
- 5–7 years
- Eligible batches
- 2020 · 2021
- Location
- BengaluruOn-site
- Apply by
- 11 Dec 2026
About the role
Alcon is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to lead incident response and threat management across its AWS cloud environment, SIEM monitoring, endpoint protection, and emerging AI security challenges. The role involves hands‑on investigation, remediation coordination, and continuous improvement of detection capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, investigate and remediate security alerts across cloud, endpoint, identity, email and SaaS platforms.
- Handle AWS security incidents using GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, Inspector and related services.
- Develop and tune Microsoft Sentinel use cases, dashboards and reporting to reduce false positives.
- Investigate EDR/XDR alerts, perform endpoint triage, isolation and malware analysis.
- Define and enforce AI security guardrails, monitor AI‑related misuse and support secure AI tool usage.
- Document incidents, create runbooks, support audits and automate repetitive tasks with SOAR, KQL, PowerShell or Python.
Eligibility
- 5–7 years of experience in SOC operations, incident response, cloud security or related cybersecurity roles.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS security services and Microsoft Sentinel.
- Familiarity with EDR/XDR platforms such as Microsoft Defender.
- Basic scripting or query skills in KQL, PowerShell or Python.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Microsoft SC‑200/SC‑100, AZ‑500, GCIH, GCIA) are preferred.
Skills
- AWS security concepts and services.
- SIEM monitoring and detection engineering.
- Endpoint detection and response.
- AI security risk assessment.
- Incident response lifecycle and threat hunting.
- Automation using SOAR, scripting and cloud‑native tools.
Resume keywords
Asked for
- AWS
- Cloud security
- SIEM
- Edr
- Xdr
- Python
- PowerShell
- Kql
- Incident response
- Threat hunting
Nice to have
- AWS certified security – specialty
- Microsoft sc-200
- Az-500
- Gcih
- Gcia
Benefits
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Bangalore.
- Work hours from 4 PM to 1 AM IST.
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About Alcon
Alcon is a global medical-device and pharmaceutical company specialising in eye care.
Founded 1945 · 5000+ employees · HQ Geneva, Switzerland
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