United Rentals

Security Operations Engineer

United Rentals • $95K — $115K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, IT, or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years in SOC, blue team, or incident response roles
  • Strong expertise in at least two areas: SIEM development, EDR response, firewall/IPS management, or log analysis
  • Ability to investigate complex attacks, including targeted intrusions
  • Understanding of adversary behaviors and mapping detections to threat models
  • Skilled in writing clear incident reports and executive narratives
  • Experience in prioritizing detection investments based on threat persistence
  • Certifications such as CySA+, GCIH, or equivalent are desired
  • Familiarity with scripting languages for automation or log analysis

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage investigations of Critical-level incidents throughout their lifecycle
  • Act as escalation point for SecOps Technicians on complex events
  • Conduct proactive threat hunting using a hypothesis-driven approach
  • Perform deep-dive analysis on advanced threats and indicators
  • Coordinate incident containment and communication across teams
  • Produce clear, executive-level incident narratives
  • Lead training sessions and exercises to improve SOC processes

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and career advancement
  • Access to advanced security tools and technologies
  • Participation in continuous learning and training programs
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional team engagement
  • Employee support through mentoring and guidance programs
Full Job Description
Serve as a senior technical operator in the Security Operations Center (SOC), responsible for leading response to Critical-level and complex multi-stage incidents, performing proactive threat hunting, and engineering improvements to the organizations detection and response capabilities. Act as the escalation point for SecOps Technicians on high-complexity events and take ownership of incidents that require advanced forensic analysis, cross-team coordination, or executive-level communication. This is a handson defense role focused on reducing attacker dwell time, improving detection fidelity, closing coverage gaps, and ensuring the SOC continuously matures its capabilities.

What you'll do:
  • Incident Response and Threat Hunting
    • Lead investigation and containment of Critical-level and complex multi-stage security incidents across the full lifecycle, from preparation through lessons learned, ensuring incidents are scoped, contained, eradicated, and recovered with clear handoffs at each phase;
    • Act as the escalation point for SecOps Technicians on incidents that exceed standard runbook procedures, providing guidance on investigation direction and containment strategy;
    • Perform proactive threat hunting using hypothesis-driven searches across SIEM, EDR, and network data, mapping findings to known adversary behaviors and techniques;
    • Conduct deep-dive analysis of advanced threats including targeted attacks, persistent access mechanisms, credential abuse chains, and supply chain compromise indicators;
    • Coordinate containment and recovery actions across teams during Critical incidents, including working with Infrastructure, GRC, and business stakeholders on impact assessment and communication;
    • Produce clear incident narratives for leadership and executive communication, translating technical findings into stage-based summaries suitable for non-technical audiences;
    • Lead tabletop exercises and after-action reviews, identifying detection gaps and driving remediation
  • Detection Engineering and Operations
    • Maintain and optimize SIEM detection rules, correlation logic, notable event configurations, threat intelligence feed integrations, and behavioral analytics content;
    • Engineer enhancements to alert response workflows through SOAR playbooks, scripting, or automation to reduce mean time to respond;
    • Integrate new log sources and data feeds into the SIEM, ensuring proper field parsing, field extraction, and baseline coverage;
    • Tune detection content to improve signal-to-noise ratio, documenting suppression logic and false positive reduction decisions;
    • Evaluate detection coverage against known adversary techniques and prioritize investment recommendations based on the value and persistence of threat indicators;
    • Monitor tool efficacy and performance across the security stack, coordination with vendors on escalations, patches, and feature requests;
    • Train and mentor SecOps Technicians on investigation methodology, incident handling techniques, and tool usage;
    • Create and maintain advanced technical playbooks, forensic procedures, and knowledge base articles;
    • Participate in a rotating on-call schedule for Critical incident response;
    • Maintain current, high-level technical skills in detection, response, and security engineering technologies the organization uses or may adopt;


Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or comparable work experience
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in a SOC, blue team, or incident response role;
  • Strong expertise with at least two of the following: SIEM content development, EDR investigation and response, firewall and IPS policy management, email security operations, log correlation and analysis;
  • Demonstrated ability to investigate and contain complex attacks including targeted intrusions, lateral movement campaigns, and credential abuse chains;
  • Strong understanding of adversary behaviors and techniques, with the ability to map detections and investigations to structured threat models;
  • Ability to write clear incident timelines, investigative findings, and executive-facing narratives;
  • Experience prioritizing detection investments based on the value and persistence of threat indicators;
  • Advanced organizational skills, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks/incidents simultaneously;
  • CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, GSOM, Cisco Cyber Professional, or equivalent technical certifications;
  • Experience with Splunk (including ES/SOAR), Trend Micro, Cisco security platforms, or similar enterprise tools;
  • Familiarity with scripting (Python, PowerShell) for automation, data enrichment, or log analysis;
  • Experience contributing to maturity assessments or improving programs in a SOC environment;
  • Knowledge of packet capture and network traffic analysis techniques;
  • ITIL Incident Management certification preferred
United Rentals consists of a wide variety of roles with different duties and responsibilities. The actual pay rate offered to candidates varies depending upon a wide range of factors including specific position, location, education, training, experience, skills, and ability.

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At United Rentals, you’ll engage in meaningful work that directly impacts our success and propels your career forward. You will be part of a team that is committed to excellence and leadership in the industry. Our employees are equipped with top-tier tools and technology, allowing them to deliver best-in-class service.

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United Rentals is committed to the growth and well-being of our team members. We offer competitive benefits packages that support the health, happiness, and security of our employees and their families. Our culture is one of inclusivity and innovation, where every team member’s contribution is valued and diversity is celebrated.

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Learn more about United Rentals
Size
20,400 employees
Market Cap
$24.5 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
$890 million
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+11%
Revenue
$8.5 billion
NASDAQ
URI
* Ladders Estimates

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