Senior Security Operations Engineer

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer at Paxos, you monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across applications, networks, and infrastructure. You design and improve detection rules, incident response playbooks, and security automation to reduce risk and enhance resilience. This is a full-time, hybrid role based in Israel with flexibility for part-time remote work.

What you'll do

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across applications, networks, and infrastructure using modern SIEM, SOAR, and endpoint protection tools
• Design and improve detection rules, incident response playbooks, and security automation
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and IT teams to implement secure configurations
• Support vulnerability management and penetration testing remediation
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal security standards
• Mentor peers on security operations and incident response
• Contribute to security architecture reviews and help shape the organization's security posture

What you bring

• Strong Application Security skills, including secure SDLC practices, secure code review, and collaboration with development teams to harden services
• Robust Network Security experience, including firewall and VPN configuration, intrusion detection/prevention, and network segmentation for cloud and on-premises environments
• Deep Cybersecurity expertise in threat detection, incident response, SIEM/SOAR operations, and familiarity with common attack frameworks and TTPs
• Security Engineering experience designing and implementing security controls, logging, monitoring, and automation across distributed systems
• Solid Information Security knowledge, including risk assessment, security policies and standards, regulatory and compliance awareness, and best practices for data protection
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, containerized environments, and modern DevOps toolchains
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and work effectively in hybrid teams

Nice to have

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, GSEC, or OSCP

About Paxos

Paxos is a regulated blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform powering a faster, more efficient, and more inclusive financial system. The company partners with leading global enterprises including PayPal, Interactive Brokers, Mastercard, Mercado Libre, and Nubank to tokenize, custody, and trade digital assets. Paxos is prudentially regulated by authorities including FIN-FSA in Europe, the OCC in the United States, and MAS in Singapore, and has raised over $500 million from prominent fintech investors.