# Security Engineer | Generalist at Arq

- Company: Arq
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Location: London · Remote · Mexico City · Krakow · New York
- Level: Mid-level
- Discipline: Security
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Skills: Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Google Workspace, Kubernetes
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ARQ/c16c740c-05c2-4c12-b6bc-03e469052f45

## Description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

 - Build and improve SIEM detection rules, alert pipelines, and automated response playbooks (Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare)

 - Contribute to incident response readiness, including IR playbooks, tabletop exercises, and forensic procedures

 - Support DLP strategy and data protection controls across Google Workspace, Slack, and internal tooling

 - Conduct cloud security assessments across AWS and Kubernetes environments

 - Drive application security initiatives: threat modelling, secure code review support,  API testing, and security pipeline improvements

 - Assess and secure AI/agentic workflows across the company — reviewing prompts, preventing destructive actions, and controlling data exposure

 - Establish and run the vendor security assessment process — building a scalable due diligence framework for third-party onboarding




WHAT YOU'LL NEED

 - 4–7 years in cyber security, ideally having built or significantly shaped the security function at a startup or high-growth company - you've been the person who sets things up, not just maintains them

 - 2+ years at a regulated fintech/bank/payment company

 - Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure security (AWS, Kubernetes)

 - Working knowledge of SIEM platforms and detection engineering - you've written detection rules, not just consumed alerts

 - Familiarity with application security practices: threat modelling, secure code review, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and API security testing

 - Experience with endpoint security tooling (EDR/XDR) and identity & access management in a SaaS-heavy e

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