EQUANS

Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector, with annual revenues of nearly €19,2 billion* and almost 800,000 projects.​

Equans has leading positions in Europe, which is the result of the history of energy construction in these countries, and strong presences in North and South America and in Oceania.​

With nearly 90,000 highly skilled employees, Equans has a strong geographic footprint, anchored by historic local brands. Equans provides its customers with excellent technical expertise in the design, installation, maintenance, and operation of multi-technical facilities. This know-how is based on key skills. First of all, in electrical and thermal engineering - two strong points that help accelerate the reduction of our clients' carbon footprint - but also in ventilation, refrigeration, mechanics and robotics, fire protection, energy renovation, digital solutions, IT, cyber security and telecommunications.​

The combination of thes expertises allows us to offer efficient and optimised solutions at all stages of the energy chain, from production, storage and transport to usage.

(*) Turnover 2024 consolidated

Tech Lead SOC Engineering

Summary of the role:

Reporting to the Head of Cyber Products, you will be responsible for the design, the build and the maintenance of the architecture of Equans’ Cyberdefense teams. You will be able to propose and test new tools and participate in POCs launched by the cyberdefense teams.

You will maintain the collect infrastructure, provide the supervision tools and be responsible for its evolution according to the needs expressed by the SOC. You will be required to test tools in your area.

AS A TECH LEAD:

• Lead with internal teams and external service providers the projects of expansion of the detection perimeter on network, cloud, systems, mobile environments.
• Propose and follow up the services related to the maintenance in operational and security conditions of the Cyberdefense infrastructure.
• Manage operationally the service providers.
• Contribute to the development of infrastructure technical design, manage and participate to integration.
• Guarantee service quality and optimization.
• Guide and oversee the technical aspects of logs collection and management.
• Analyze CSIRT and Active Defense needs, propose technical solutions.
• Participate in vendor conferences and meetings to discover new products functionality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and propose a secure architecture to implement the Cyberdefense tooling and log ingestion.
• Adjust collection operations or collection plan to address identified issues/challenges and to synchronize collections with overall operational requirements.
• Assess and improve the performance of collection assets against prescribed specifications.
• Identify and mitigate risks to collection management ability to support the plan, operations and target cycle.
• Monitor operational status and effectiveness of the processing, exploitation and dissemination architecture.
• Monitor the operational environment for potential factors and risks to the collection operation management process.
• Develop Cyberdefense cybersecurity architecture to address security and privacy requirements.
• Produce architectural documentation and specifications.
• Present high-level security architecture design to stakeholders.
• Coordinate the development, integration and maintenance of cybersecurity components ensuring the cybersecurity specifications.
• Analyse and evaluate the cybersecurity of the Cyberdefense architecture.
• Collaborate with other teams and colleagues.
• Evaluate the impact of cybersecurity solutions on the design and performance of the Cyberdefense architecture.
• Adapt the Cyberdefense architecture to emerging threats.

PROFILE

Academic background & Experience

• At least 6-7 years of experience as a Senior SOC engineer and 2-3 years in team leading.

• You have significant experience in the security operations field and cloud environment : AWS and AZURE.
• You design solutions based on security-by-design and privacy-by-design principles. Creates and continuously improves architectural models and develops appropriate architectural documentation and specifications. Coordinate secure development, integration, and maintenance of cybersecurity components in line with standards and other related requirements.
• You have a higher education degree (an Engineering degree in cybersecurity or a master’s degree in computer science and networks) or a proven experience in cybersecurity architecture.

Behavioral Capabilities​:

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide and mentor a team of IGA professionals.​
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex access governance issues and implement effective solutions.​
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity in explaining complex technical concepts.​
• Strong collaboration skills, working seamlessly with cross-functional teams such as IT, security, and compliance.​
• Results-driven with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions and achieving business objectives.​
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.​
• Comfortable working in a multicultural, distributed team.

Skills:

• You have a higher education degree (an Engineering degree in cybersecurity or a master’s degree in computer science and networks) or a proven experience in cybersecurity architecture.
• Assess the implemented architecture to maintain an appropriate level of security.
• Draw cybersecurity architectural and functional specifications.
• Design systems and architectures based on security and privacy by design and by defaults cybersecurity principles.
• Communicate, present and report to relevant stakeholders.
• Propose cybersecurity architectures based on stakeholder’s needs and budget.
• Select appropriate specifications, procedures and controls.
• Build resilience against points of failure across the You have experience in SOC Architecture (conception / implementation) and related SOC organizational processes.
• You have a good knowledge of SOC technology such as SIEM tools, SOAR and other security components.
• Knowledge of collection capabilities and limitations.
• Knowledge of collection capabilities, accesses, performance specifications, and constraints utilized to satisfy collection plan.
• Knowledge of collection management tools.
• Knowledge of collection planning process and collection plan.
• Knowledge of collection strategies.
• Knowledge of common computer/network infections (virus, Trojan, etc.) and methods of infection (ports, attachments, etc.).
• Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (i.e., basic computer components of a network, types of networks, etc.).
• Knowledge of criteria for evaluating collection products.
• Knowledge of current collection requirements.
• Knowledge of current computer-based intrusion sets.
• Knowledge of cyber lexicon/terminology
• Build, install, configure, and test dedicated cyber defense hardware.
• Assist in assessing the impact of implementing and sustaining a dedicated cyber defense infrastructure.
• Administer test bed(s), and test and evaluate applications, hardware infrastructure, rules/signatures, access controls, and configurations of platforms managed by service provider(s).
• Knowledge of data communications terminology (e.g., networking protocols, Ethernet, IP, encryption, optical devices, removable media).
• Curious, rigorous, you eager to have challenges.
• You have leadership and able to federate and create synergies.
• Experience in a decentralized and/or international company or organization is a plus
• You have a sense of ethics, and you show discretion.
• Fluent and professional English is mandatory as you will lead security operations in Europe and internationally.
• You may be required to travel within the Equans perimeter.

Why Join Us?

• Global Impact: Influence identity governance across a multinational company.
• Challenging Projects: Work on cutting-edge IGA initiatives with real business impact.
• Career Growth: Opportunity to evolve into IAM leadership or architecture roles.
• Collaborative Culture: Work with experts in cybersecurity, cloud, and compliance.