SOC Engineer

Job Title: SOC Engineer

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Company Overview:

• Fluidech is a technology consulting and managed services firm focused on cybersecurity.
• Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Gurugram and today with a client base spanning over 100 organisations worldwide Fluidech designs IT solutions aligned with business objectives, fostering trusted relationships and delivering measurable performance improvements.
• Established as a born-in-the-cloud company, Fluidech has evolved into a trusted technology partner that helps businesses build (Cloud & Infrastructure), automate (DevOps), and secure (Cyber Security services).
• Our solutions span diverse industry verticals, aligned with each clients business goals.
• In addition to holding ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications and an award-winning cybersecurity team, the company has a strong value proposition in its GRC services across frameworks, including but not limited to NCIIPCs CAF, SEBIs CSCRF , and others.

Position Overview

Our US Client is looking for an experienced SOC Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in SIEM , SOAR , and especially Datadog Security Monitoring . The ideal candidate will be responsible for real-time monitoring, threat detection, incident investigation, and driving automation within the security operations ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor security events, alerts, and logs through Datadog , SIEM , and SOAR platforms.
• Perform in-depth analysis of security incidents and coordinate timely responses.
• Investigate suspicious activities, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and potential threats.
• Develop and fine-tune SIEM rules , dashboards , alerts , and correlation logic .
• Build, optimise, and maintain SOAR playbooks for incident response automation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to contain, remediate, and prevent future incidents.
• Conduct threat hunting using Datadog and other security tools.
• Provide detailed incident reports, post-incident analysis, and recommendations.
• Stay up to date with emerging cyber threats, attack vectors, and security best practices.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 45 years of hands-on experience in a Security Operations Centre (SOC) environment.
• Strong expertise with Datadog Security Monitoring, including:
• Log pipelines, detections, dashboards, monitors
• Threat detection rule creation
• Custom integrations
• Proven experience working with SIEM and SOAR platforms (Datadog preferred; others like Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR are a plus).
• Solid understanding of:
• Network and security protocols
• Threat intelligence, IOCs, malware behaviour
• MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Incident response lifecycle
• Ability to analyse logs from firewalls, endpoints, cloud systems, applications, and network devices.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.