Security Operations Engineer

📍 Location: Gerakas, Attica 

🔐 Role: Security Operations Engineer

🏢 Company: Circet Hellas

🔹 Who We Are

Circet Hellas is part of the Circet Group, Europe’s leading provider of telecom engineering services. We design, build, and maintain next-generation telecommunications networks that enable connectivity across Europe.

As our digital and cloud footprint continues to grow, cybersecurity plays a critical role in protecting our people, systems, and operations. We are looking for a Security Operations Engineer to strengthen our security operations at our Headquarters in Gerakas.

🎯 Your Role

As a Security Operations Engineer, you will be a key contributor to day-to-day security operations in a hybrid Cloud & Microsoft 365 environment.

Your focus will be on detection, analysis, and incident response, working closely with internal IT teams and an external 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC). The role combines hands-on technical work with collaboration, documentation, and continuous security improvement.

🔧 What You Will Do

🔍 Monitoring & Detection

• Ensure continuous monitoring of security controls and platforms
• Detect, analyze, and qualify suspicious or malicious activities
• Maintain effective detection capabilities with a low false-positive rate

🚨 Alert Analysis & Triage

• Assess and prioritize security alerts based on risk and business impact
• Qualify incidents and provide clear, actionable diagnostics
• Escalate incidents appropriately to the SOC or relevant IT teams

🛡️ Security Incident Response

• Actively contribute to security incident response activities
• Support containment, mitigation, and remediation actions
• Coordinate incident handling with the 24/7 SOC and internal stakeholders

🔁 Security Posture & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to security hardening and configuration improvements
• Improve detection rules and operational security controls
• Leverage incident feedback to strengthen overall security posture

📝 Documentation & Reporting

• Document incidents, actions, and lessons learned clearly
• Contribute to concise, risk-focused security reporting

☁️ Microsoft 365 Security

• Support the secure operation of Microsoft 365 environments
• Monitor and analyze security alerts related to identity, email, and collaboration
• Participate in Microsoft 365 security incident response
• Support configuration hardening and continuous control improvement
• Contribute to awareness initiatives around identity and email-based threats

🤝 Collaboration & Governance

• Work closely with Support, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Digital teams
• Interface with the 24/7 SOC and security partners
• Participate in incident simulation and tabletop exercises
• Contribute to security procedures, runbooks, and group governance frameworks

🧠 Security Environment

You will work across a modern security stack including:

• Azure Cloud & on-prem environments
• Endpoint & workload protection (EDR / XDR)
• SIEM & detection platforms
• Microsoft 365 security stack
• ZTNA, Secure Web Gateway, DLP
• Threat intelligence services & 24/7 SOC collaboration

Technical Profile

• ~5 years of experience in Security Operations, SOC, or SecOps roles
• Strong understanding of Cloud, hybrid, and collaborative environments
• Solid detection, analysis, and incident response mindset
• Pragmatic, outcome-driven approach to security challenges

Personal Qualities

• Calm, structured, and reliable under pressure
• Strong sense of priorities and risk awareness
• Team-oriented with clear and effective communication
• Continuous improvement and learning mindset

💼 What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package based on experience and skills
• Permanent contract
• Full insurance coverage & private group health plan
• Hybrid working model
• Continuous professional development & technical training
• Exposure to enterprise-scale security operations
• The opportunity to make a real impact in a critical, business-driven security role

🌍 Why Join Circet Hellas?

At Circet Hellas, security is not theoretical — it’s operational.

You will protect real systems that support large-scale infrastructure projects, working within an internationally recognized group that values expertise, responsibility, and collaboration.

• 📩 Ready to strengthen the security of next-generation networks?

Apply now and be part of the team that protects the connectivity of tomorrow!