Job Summary:

We are seeking a Purple Teaming Engineer with hands-on experience in both offensive and defensive security, with a focus on embedded systems. 

The ideal candidate will have practical experience with SOC operations, adversary simulation, detection engineering, and security testing across embedded or cloud-connected systems.

You will play a key role in executing threat emulation, automating adversary TTPs, and enhancing detection capabilities in collaboration with Red and SOC team.

Experience with vehicle SOC and security operations is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operationalize Purple Team and Attack Simulation exercises across embedded and cloud-connected systems.

• Develop and execute adversary simulation plans that align with threat intelligence.

• Collaborate with Red and Blue teams to identify detection gaps and improve SOC effectiveness.

• Identify relevant log sources across assets, ECUs, and infrastructure; document the type, location, and format of logs required for effective cybersecurity anomaly detection.

• Regularly review the availability, completeness, and integrity of logs; highlight gaps and work with asset/ECU owners to ensure alignment with best security logging practices.

• Share recommendations with system and asset owners on required logging improvements, event visibility, and adherence to secure logging practices.

• Support offensive testing across RTOS, Linux, Android, and MCU-based systems. 

• Draft and present technical reports and summaries of Purple Team activities to technical and management stakeholders.

• Communicate findings, detecting weaknesses, meeting the logging requirements and prioritized remediation strategies. Collaborative Objectives:

• Work closely with SOC & Red teams to convert threat intel into actionable TTPs and test cases.

• Support SOC operations and help validate detection logic with real-world simulations.

• Assist in control validation, SIEM optimization, and threat modeling automation.

• Provide mentorship to junior team members on simulation workflows and embedded systems.

• Contribute to the ongoing development of the team’s offensive and defensive testing capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or Information Technology and at least 5 years of professional experience.

3–6 years of combined experience in Red Teaming, SOC, detection engineering, or embedded security testing.

• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, threat simulation tools, and detection principles.

• Experience working with embedded Linux, Android systems, RTOS, or MCU platforms.

• Familiarity with SIEM systems (e.g., Splunk, ELK), log analysis.

• Proficiency in scripting/automation using Python.

• Exposure to network security, including packet analysis and custom protocol fuzzing.

• Exposure with vehicle communications (CAN, UDS, DoIP, BLE, MQTT, etc.).

• Strong technical writing and communication skills for documentation and stakeholder engagement. Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in vehicle cybersecurity/SOC or embedded threat detection.

• Familiar with tools like Burp Suite, Ghidra, Binwalk, or custom fuzzers.

• Experience simulating or detecting low-level attacks, including firmware tampering, memory corruption, and secure boot bypasses.

• Understanding of cloud security architecture related to embedded platforms.

• Working knowledge of SIEM solutions, telemetry pipelines, and threat hunting frameworks.

We are looking for a Senior Quantum Field Engineer. As a Senior Quantum Field Engineer, you’ll be part of a team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum solutions and solve the world’s most complex problems.  Field Engineering sits at the intersection of customers, markets, products and product teams, algorithms, applications, innovation and strategy - this is the team where ideas become applied and have impact.

Join a nimble team of scientists, engineers, salespeople, marketers, business developers, and product managers to drive an entirely new quantum computing business. We’re seeking versatile engineers and architects skilled in technical sales, technical demos and customer interactions who feel energized to deliver IonQ’s quantum computing products and quantum applications. 

Responsibilities:

• Inspire prospective clients by explaining IonQ’s strategy, portfolio and answering technical questions about quantum portfolio (compute, network, security, sensing and space) and quantum applications.
• Lead and shepherd client discussions, inspiring them to see how quantum applications can be implemented in their business domain.
• This includes working through business needs and mapping Quantum Algorithms (financial services, bioscience, chemistry and materials, optimization, generative AI, and other domains) into application code and executing Proof-of-Concepts together with the IonQ Application team.
• Share insights from clients with the IonQ Product Management and Engineering teams such that client feedback is incorporated into our products.
• Navigate competitive objection handling
• Translate business needs expressed by our clients into technical work projects in collaboration with other team members.
• Create assets to explain features of our quantum applications and other IonQ quantum products.
• Move dialogs from initial ideation to focused exploration domain through to proof-of-concept and ultimately into production workflows.
• Lead client discovery sessions for business oriented use cases that uncover potential overlap with development of useful quantum algorithms together with the IonQ Application team
• Partner with marketing, developer relations and business development to grow awareness of IonQ in the world at large.
• Attend industry conferences, as needed, to talk to client and support our booth activities.
• Some travel expected in the US (20%) but opportunities for global travel are available as well for client meeting and IonQ conference activities.
• This is a technical customer-facing role with the appropriate balance of compensation acceleration for success and a base salary to ensure that credibility and technical correctness always comes first.

You’d be a good fit with:

• 5 years of experience in technical customer-facing roles or equivalent capacity.  The ability to communicate (at the various context-appropriate levels of depth) and persuade clearly, have strong EQ, and other customer facings skills are critical.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or other STEM field, such as Chemistry, Physics or Engineering
• Motivated learner with a strong interest in quantum computing.

You’d be a great fit with: 

• Masters or PhD in a STEM field, perhaps adjacent to quantum computing.
• Time on the customer side in various verticals included leadership roles - this provides customer empathy
• Hands-on experience with Qiskit, Cirq or other quantum computing SDK.
• Proficient in Python and Jupyter Notebooks.
• Expert architecture skills across various technologies (“full stack skills”)
• Experience leading technical events.

Location: This role is based in Saudi Arabia or Dubai, UAE, and requires candidates to be locally based in one of these locations.
Travel: 20% travel domestically and globally
Job ID: 1374

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About the role ...

As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What you'll be doing ...

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.

What you'll need ...

• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
• Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
• Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
• Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
• Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
• Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
• Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
• A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Lead SOC Validation & Adversary Simulation Engineer to strengthen the effectiveness of our Security Operations Center (SOC / VSOC) by continuously validating detections, response workflows, and telemetry using adversary-informed testing techniques.

This role is SOC-owned and SOC-driven. The primary objective is to improve detection fidelity, reduce blind spots, and increase SOC readiness across vehicle, cloud, and other environments. Adversary simulation and Purple Team techniques are used as methods to harden SOC operations not as standalone Red Team activities.

Key Responsibilities

1. SOC Detection Validation & Assurance (Primary Focus)

• Own continuous validation of SOC detections across:
• Vehicle telemetry and in-vehicle IDS
• Telematics and backend services
• Cloud APIs, and other supporting systems
• Validate alerts against realistic attacker behavior, not synthetic rules
• Identify:
• Detection gaps
• Signal quality issues
• Excessive false positives or low-value alerts
• Partner with SOC engineers to improve alert logic, correlation, and response playbooks
1. Adversary Simulation in Support of SOC
• Design controlled adversary simulations to test SOC capabilities:
• API misuse and abuse
• Lateral movement
• Unauthorized diagnostics or ECU access
• Align scenarios to MITRE ATT&CK (Cloud API + Automotive)
• Coordinate with Red Team only when advanced exploitation is required
2. SOC Telemetry & Signal Engineering
• Work with platform and product teams to:
• Improve log coverage and quality
• Define high-value security signals
• Reduce noisy or redundant telemetry
• Influence what gets logged, where, and why—from ECUs to cloud services
• Help SOC prioritize telemetry based on risk and detection value
3. Incident Readiness & Response Validation
• Validate SOC incident response workflows through:
• Detection-driven exercises
• Tabletop scenarios informed by real attack paths
• Measure and improve:
• Mean Time to Detect (MTTD)
• Mean Time to Triage (MTTT)
• Mean Time to Respond (MTTR)
• Ensure SOC procedures align with real attack timelines
4. Threat Modeling & Risk Alignment
• Leverage TARA / threat-modeling outputs to prioritize SOC coverage
• Ensure SOC monitoring aligns with:
• ISO/SAE 21434
• UNECE R155/R156
• Translate detection gaps into risk-based narratives for leadership and auditors
• Support audit evidence by demonstrating validated monitoring effectiveness
5. Automation & Continuous SOC Validation
• Build or enhance SOC validation automation, including:
• Detection testing frameworks
• Alert replay and validation pipelines
• Coverage and maturity dashboards
• Integrate validation workflows into:
• SIEM
• SOAR
• CI/CD where applicable
• Reduce manual SOC testing and increase repeatability
6. Metrics, Reporting & Leadership Communication
• Define SOC-focused KPIs such as:
• ATT&CK coverage by detection
• Detection efficacy over time
• Reduction in blind spots
• Produce clear SOC maturity and readiness reports
• Communicate findings to:
• SOC leadership
• Product security
• Engineering stakeholders

Required Qualifications

Technical Experience

• Cybersecurity with strong SOC, detection engineering, or incident response experience
• Deep understanding of:
• SOC operations and alert lifecycle
• Detection engineering and signal tuning
• Adversary techniques and kill chains
• Experience working with:
• SIEM and SOC tooling
• Cloud and API monitoring
• Network and system telemetry
• Strong scripting or automation skills (Python, Go, C)

Leadership & Collaboration

• Proven experience leading SOC improvement initiatives
• Ability to influence detection priorities across teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable presenting to leadership and auditors

Our hosting team delivers InterSystems’ solutions as hosted or managed services, anywhere in the world.  As more and more clients change to hosted solutions, we are looking for junior and senior systems engineers to join the team and help us with delivering the high levels of availability, performance and security that our clients have come to rely on.

The role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain experience across a range of technologies, to solve interesting problems, to be allowed to make improvements, and to be recognized for making a difference.

Responsibilities - Deployment

• Work with our co-location partners to design appropriate cage, rack and server layouts and to ensure the ongoing provision of space, power and cooling in support of existing and forecasted solutions.
• Work with the engineering/architecture teams to design solutions so as to maximize performance, efficiency and operability of hosted solutions.
• Lead and/or participate in the provisioning and deployment of server, network and other hosting-related equipment, including hands-on build and configuration as/when required
• Participate in the deployment of new applications and/or changes, ensuring that all service components are documented and monitored and integrated into the company’s operational processes.
• Perform hardware qualification testing on new hardware platforms and certify them for production deployments.
• Work with stakeholders across the solutions lifecycle to ensure that pre-operational sign-offs are obtained, so as to ensure that solutions can be operated in a way that meets or exceeds performance targets e.g. security, availability and response times.
• Assist with the troubleshooting of integration issues.
• Consulting with technical stakeholders (including customers) on the delivery of hosted solutions.

Responsibilities – Operations

• Hands-on administration and maintenance of hosted solutions and related infrastructure (firewalls, switches, servers, storage, etc.) including pro-active identification and fixing of potential incidents, backup management, etc.
• Participate in the definition, documentation, operation and continuous improvement of operational processes e.g. ITIL-based processes such as incident, change, problem and configuration management, and the smooth integration of these with wider company processes and systems.
• Define, implement, monitor and report on metrics that are required for the delivery of highly-available hosted services, as well as to meet the needs of the wider organization e.g. management, engineering, customer services and our customers.
• Provide technical support for all areas of hosted services, including participation on a 24x7 on-call rota; ensure the timely resolution of incidents and/or problems affecting hosted solutions and deploy approved changes and/or updates as required.
• Further enhance the automation of hosting-related processes e.g. deployment of changes, deployment of new services, inventory management, security scanning, service level reporting, etc.

Experience & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with server hosting (e.g. data center) infrastructure and (ideally) management with Cisco UCS blades
• Hands-on storage/SAN deployment and (ideally) management experience with EMC Unity, Data Domain, Avamar. Dell D?
• Hands-on Cisco and F5 networking deployment and management experience with Cisco Nexus 7000/9000, ASA Firewalls, F5 LTM and DNS load balancers, route domains and contexts. Active Directory/Windows – More Linux > Windows
• Hands-on VMware deployment and management experience with VMware 6.x/7.x 8
• Hands-on Linux deployment and management experience with RHEL 7.x
• Hands-on Windows domain and AD management experience
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Strong scripting skills
• Enthusiasm and talent for acquiring complex technical skills
• Good customer service attitude
• Knowledge of service monitoring and alerting (Nagios, Cacti preferred)
• Knowledge of configuration management (Puppet and/or Red Hat Satellite preferred)
• Scripting for automation using technologies (e.g. Powershell, Puppet, Ansible, Python)
• ITIL knowledge – principles and application
• Ability to support and develop junior colleague