Cyber Defense Service Monitoring Specialist
@ Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
$120,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 23 days ago

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Overview

Booking Holdings Romania is a Center of Excellence based in Bucharest created to support the increasing business demands of Booking Holdings brands such as Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable. As a Cyber Defense Service Monitoring Specialist, you will work within Booking.com - Enterprise Security - Cyber Defense & Response to ensure that BKNG Shared Cybersecurity Services meet operational, technical, and quality standards.

Role Description

You will be responsible for technical oversight, metrics analysis, and process improvement. Key responsibilities include monitoring alerts, reviewing SOPs, driving automation, collaborating with internal teams, and ensuring continuous enhancement of security operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitoring & Technical Review: Validate alerts, escalations, investigations, and operational activities, ensuring alignment with Booking.com policies.
  • Metrics, Analysis & Trend Identification: Track key operational metrics including SLA adherence, MTTA, MTTR, and alert trends and propose improvements.
  • Tuning, Automation & Continuous Improvement: Review proposals for tuning detection rules, improve workflows, and drive automation initiatives.
  • Collaboration & Leadership: Act as a liaison and subject matter expert for internal teams and BKNG Shared Cybersecurity Services.
  • Project Ownership: Lead initiatives that enhance cybersecurity posture and integrate projects into ongoing operations.

Qualifications

Required experience includes 3-5+ years in Cyber Defense, SOC Operations, Threat Detection, or Incident Response with strong technical expertise in SIEM/SOAR platforms, EDR solutions, and cloud environments. Excellent communication skills and experience analyzing metrics and operational data are essential.

Preferred qualifications include experience in shared-services or managed SOC environments and familiarity with automation/orchestration tools, plus relevant certifications.

Benefits & Perks

Work on high scale, world renowned online travel product with real-time impact, competitive compensation, and a fast-paced performance-driven culture. Opportunities include on-the-job technical growth, hackathons, experimental projects, and conferences.

Key skills/competency

  • Cyber Defense
  • SOC Operations
  • Threat Detection
  • SIEM
  • SOAR
  • Incident Response
  • Automation
  • Metrics Analysis
  • Technical Liaison
  • Process Improvement
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How to Get Hired at Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)

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  • Study Booking Holdings culture: Research mission, values, and recent achievements.
  • Customize your resume: Highlight SOC and cyber defense experience.
  • Leverage metrics expertise: Emphasize your analytical skills in interviews.
  • Prepare technical scenarios: Review SIEM/SOAR platforms and automation cases.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review SIEM/SOAR platform fundamentals.
Practice incident triage scenarios.
Study alert tuning procedures.
Refresh cloud environment security basics.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging incident response experience.
Explain a time you improved security processes.
Share your collaboration experience with teams.
Discuss handling high-pressure situations.

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