Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection and Response

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

📋 Description

• Conduct investigations into security incidents utilizing digital forensics and data analysis.

• Actively search for threats and irregular activities within corporate and production environments.

• Develop automation and detection models to pinpoint unusual activities and enhance response efficiency at scale.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to create and implement advanced detection solutions.

• Recognize visibility gaps in infrastructure and work together to address them through improved logging and detection.

• Lead intricate investigations alongside Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams.

• Utilize lessons learned from incidents and root cause analyses to drive enduring security enhancements.

• Mentor team members and assist in defining detection and response processes.

• Identify, investigate, and address both internal and external security threats.

• Shape and implement the team's detection and incident response strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of practical experience in security operations, including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, or detection engineering.

• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language.

• Experience in automating security detection and response processes.

• Familiarity with the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks and their relevance to the current threat landscape.

• Capability to lead through influence in complex and ambiguous situations.

• Ability to maintain composure, collaboration, and decisiveness in high-pressure environments.

• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking abilities.

• Self-driven, innovative problem-solver who excels when working independently.

• Preference for candidates with familiarity in Elasticsearch.

• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS is preferred.

• Must have the authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time position, requiring 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday).

• Comprehensive benefits package.