3 months ago

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Security Operations Engineer (SOC)

Alan

RemoteFranceBelgiumSpain

🐼 Who we are

You. Better. With Alan.

Alans vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission is to help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.

Were building a vertically integrated health partner that seamlessly unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one system.

By connecting all aspects of care - private, public, and direct to consumer - we create the most member-centric healthcare experience. Through deep engagement, we empower everyone to overcome day-to-day health obstacles and live healthier lives.

We partner with 32,000+ companies of all sizes, serving more than 700K members, and have reached €500M+ in ARR.

Our team of 600 people (still growing) operates across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦.

🤘 How we do it ?

People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

  1. Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the companys success above all else.

  2. Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.

  3. Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.

  4. Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.

  5. Radically Transparent: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.

  6. Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.

  7. Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.

  8. Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.

  9. Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.

  10. Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.


⭐️ Help us build our Security Operations Center ⭐️

At Alan, were building the future of healthcare, and security is at the heart of everything we do. As we scale, were looking for a Security Operations specialist to join our Security team and work alongside our current SecOps teammate to help protect our members, partners, and systems.

In this role, youll contribute to scaling our Security Operations (SOC) workstream, focusing on proactive threat prevention and management. Youll be at the frontline of our security efforts, working on:

🛡️ Security Operations organisation

  • Scale our internal SOC by developing and improving processes, policies, and tooling

  • Build and optimize monitoring strategies to address critical risks in our cloud environment

  • Create and maintain security procedures to enhance team knowledge and foster autonomy and distributed ownership

  • Leverage threat intelligence and OSINT to proactively identify and mitigate risks

🚨 Security incidents & investigations

  • Lead security incident response from initial detection through containment and recovery

  • Conduct thorough technical investigations and root cause analyses to prevent future incidents

  • Drive continuous improvement through post-incident analysis and lessons learned

🤝 Security at Alan

  • Participate in key security team activities including ISO 27001 maintenance, security awareness programs, and company-wide security support

  • Share security best practices and knowledge with teams across the organization

  • Be an ambassador for security across Alan through clear communication and impactful metrics

⭐️ If you have some of the following, you may be a great fit ⭐️

Were looking for someone with at least 3 years of experience in Security Operations.

🔧 Technical Expertise

  • Expertise with SIEM and other security tools (EDR/XDR, IDS, ...)

  • Strong knowledge of cloud security, particularly AWS security best practices

  • Proven expertise in at least one of: incident response, threat detection and hunting, and security event investigation

  • Bonus points for hands-on experience with threat intelligence and OSINT tools

  • Strong technical investigation and problem-solving skills

🤝 Professional & Personal Qualities

  • Ability to create clear documentation and share best practices

  • Autonomous mindset with strong team player attitude

  • Business-minded approach to security in alignment with our vision

  • Curiosity to explore other aspects of security beyond your immediate scope

⭐ What makes this role exciting ⭐

  • Be part of a small security team in a fast-scaling international environment

  • Opportunity to shape Security Operations from the ground up

  • Autonomy to test and implement new monitoring strategies

  • Close collaboration with cross-functional teams

  • Play a crucial role in protecting sensitive healthcare data at scale (~ 680k members in 4 countries as of early 2025).

🙌   Perks & Benefits

At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.

Therefore, we offer:

  • Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary, for permanent contracts only.

  • Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest.

  • All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.

  • Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish.

  • Delightful healthcare insurance: Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% for you and your children, 90-100% for partners depending on your country (permanent contracts only).

  • Transport. Generous transit benefit

  • Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.

  • Personal growth through coaching: At Alan, coaching isnt just a perk - its core to who we are. Every Alaner is paired with a dedicated coach from day one, who helps maximize their impact, nurture engagement, and navigate Alans values to develop their full potential. Learn more about our coaching culture.

  • Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents, for permanent contracts only.

Important note: we hire people, not roles.

If youre excited about this opportunity but dont check every box, wed love to hear from you. Everyone, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply as it can only bring learnings or success.

If you identify yourself as a woman: Did you know that research shows women often apply only when meeting 100% of requirements?

Remember, this is just a guide, not a checklist.

Well be thrilled to receive your application!

🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info.

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