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Junior Security Engineer/Onsite

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLCBoston, MA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 8, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Junior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Boston, MA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
SplunkBashPowerShellPython

Job Description

This is an urgent, full-time hybrid Security Operations Engineer opportunity in Addison, TX with a large organization. You'll join an established security operations team responsible for protecting a large enterprise environment using CrowdStrike Falcon, Splunk SIEM, and an email security gateway, with a strong focus on incident response, threat hunting, detection, and security engineering.
Required Skills & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 3-5 years of combined IT and cybersecurity experience, including experience within a SOC or security engineering environment
  • Hands-on experience with Splunk or a comparable SIEM for alert triage, correlation, investigation, and root cause analysis
  • Proven experience supporting major incident response activities
  • Experience with EDR detection, investigation, and response, preferably CrowdStrike Falcon
  • Strong written communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, concise language for non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability and willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekends
Desired Skills & Experience
  • Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CEH, or equivalent
  • Experience with digital forensics and/or threat hunting
  • Scripting experience using Python, PowerShell, or Bash
  • Experience developing security detection rules and SOAR playbooks
  • Experience working with a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider
  • Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Experience with enterprise security operations and incident management processes
What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities
  • 65% Hands On: Investigate and correlate suspicious events, determine root cause, support major incident response efforts, perform proactive and reactive threat hunting, and recommend improvements to security controls and procedures
  • 35% Team Collaboration: Serve as an escalation point and resource for junior analysts, partner with cross-functional teams, conduct business impact analysis, and participate in incident response exercises and drills
The Offer
  • Full-time, hybrid opportunity in Addison, TX
  • Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale security technologies including CrowdStrike Falcon and Splunk
  • Exposure to global security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering
  • Opportunity for career growth from SOC operations into a broader security engineering role
  • Bonus eligible

You will receive the following benefits:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Vacation Time
  • Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

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