Position: Cloud Security Operations Analyst
Company: BDO
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

BDO is a leader in exceptional client service, which begins with exceptional employee relations. 

BDO provides continuous reskilling, opportunities for professional and career growth, projects and clients to realize your potential. 

 

Your opportunity 

 

BDO in Ukraine in cooperation with BDO Canada and its software services company are looking for a Cloud Security Operations Analyst, Public Cloud Operations to join our growing team, with the ability to work remotely.  

Data-driven professional software services company in Canada helps clients in telecommunications, transportation, finance, energy, mining, public sector and more, leverage modern technology solutions with AI, Data, Cloud, AppDev to provide actionable, data-driven results. 

 

The individual will own the following key accountabilities and responsibilities: 

As a member of the Public Cloud Operations team, you will be working with members of the Cloud program including: Technical Support Analysts, Site Reliability Engineers, Platform Engineers, Cloud Architects, and Cloud Security Professionals, through your contributions and by participating in the Security Operations on-call rotation. 

Work as part of the team managing our public cloud environments (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform) 

Manage, maintain, and administer security monitoring & alerting systems and processes, ensuring ongoing visibility into the security of our environments  

Develop, maintain and execute on system & application maintenance plans for all Information Security Monitoring and Alerting systems  

Provide first level Security coordination of Cloud Security event and incident response of incidents and to escalate incidents as appropriate  

Develop and execute automated remediation activities for patching and continuous hardening of images and systems to adhere to best practices 

Monitor reported information security events on a daily basis, and ensure critical events are immediately escalated and documented in order to quickly respond and protect against threats to the organization 

Work with other team members to facilitate the simulation of threat scenarios, with the goal of improving effectiveness of security controls, detection, and monitoring.  

Effectively liaise and communicate with the cloud operations group, internal customers, security operations center, key business stakeholders and management regarding information security incident events and trends 

Refine and automate the security operations processes to improve the incident investigation and triage efficiency 

Work flexible hours when necessary and be part of a 24/7 on-call rotation 

Demonstrate and promote best practices for teams using our cloud platform by creating educational material and by helping to host cloud native educational events.  Create educational documentation on how-to’s and best practices 

 

 

Your experience and education 

 

Must have: 

2+ years of experience managing cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform 

2+ years of experience monitoring and searching though data with Splunk  

Demonstrated ability to analyze complex security incidents, events and advanced attack techniques 

2+ years of experience building/provisioning/automating infrastructure resources in cloud environments 

2+ years of experience automating security response plays with Python 

A relevant degree or certificate in Security, Computer Science or a comparable field of study, or equivalent practical experience 

A background in PaaS/SaaS environment practices, including: maintaining SLAs, load-balancing, high availability, operating system patching, networking, and security management/patching  

Strong technical understanding in a variety of hardware and software platforms (Linux & Windows) 

Experience with the operational aspects of systems such as monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting with relevant tools  

Experience working with Python and PowerShell 

English level upper-intermediate and above 
Ukrainian level fluent 

 

Nice-to-have: 

Certifications in information security, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud 

Creativity, energy, and passion for leveraging technology to transform our industry; the belief that automation is the only way and the ability to talk for hours as to why 

A good understanding of modern, cloud centric architectures and DevOps principles 

Above average performance. You are competitive and passionate. You thrive on challenge and have a proven ability to set ambitious but achievable goals and surpass them 

A team player. You will have a proven ability to build, grow, and maintain relationships both internally and externally 

 

Working conditions: 

 

Fully official employment according to the Labour Code of Ukraine 

Globally competitive (not just by Ukrainian standards) salaries in USD equivalent 

Periodical review of salary according to inflation 

Annual bonus 

Medical insurance 

Full-time and the ability to work remotely  

Professional development and career growth 

An opportunity to be involved in ambitious high-tech projects 

 

Why BDO? 

  

At BDO you can apply your skills and experience, exchange with colleagues worldwide, contribute to innovative approaches and services development for our clients. 

 

We care about our employees and do everything for their professional development. 

 

Staff relations are based on the principles of mutual understanding and support. 

 

We have a strong team spirit and a friendly, welcoming and extremely professional atmosphere. 

  

Ready to make your mark at BDO?