Senior Cyber Defense Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Shape the technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise Cyber Defense capabilities.

• Act as the technical authority for cyber defense architecture.

• Create design principles, telemetry standards, integration patterns, and engineering practices.

• Manage the enterprise detection engineering lifecycle, encompassing detection logic, correlation rules, use cases, telemetry requirements, validation, tuning, and efficacy measurement.

• Develop and engineer advanced detections, telemetry integrations, SOAR workflows, and agentic response patterns with human oversight.

• Spearhead significant cross-functional cyber defense initiatives and technology transformations.

• Address intricate dependencies, technical trade-offs, and sequencing decisions.

• Provide senior technical guidance during complex cyber incidents and evolving or non-traditional risk scenarios.

• Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and sustainable defensive enhancements.

• Outline the technical strategy for threat hunting and adversary validation.

• Propel cyber readiness engineering through technical exercises, playbook validation, and escalation testing.

• Identify and address systemic defense vulnerabilities.

• Interpret technical risks for senior leadership.

• Mentor engineers and analysts to enhance technical proficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field with a minimum of 13+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree and 8+ years of equivalent industry experience, or a PhD with 5+ years of experience.

• Proven success in leading complex cyber defense initiatives across organizational boundaries.

• Extensive expertise with SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, NDR, identity and email telemetry, and cloud security technologies.

• Experience in large-scale cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

• Strong engineering foundation in detection logic, automation, telemetry pipelines, API integrations, or security tools.

• Proficient in using Python, PowerShell, SPL, KQL, SQL, or similar technologies.

• In-depth knowledge of adversary behaviors, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics fundamentals, detection engineering, cyber threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.

• Experience in applying AI or machine-learning capabilities for detection, investigation, or automated response, including performance evaluation and appropriate human oversight.

• Capability to function as a senior technical authority, influence leaders without formal authority, mentor senior practitioners, and make judicious decisions in high-stakes situations.

• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent advanced security certifications may be beneficial.

• Travel required: 0–5%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Wellness programs.

• Performance incentives.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• In-house training.

• Development programs.

• Career mentorship.

• Opportunities to attend security conferences.

• An inclusive and diverse work environment.

• Home office workplace options.

• A hybrid working environment may be available for employees within commuting distance of a Dexcom site.

• Flex workplace option.