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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in detection engineering and incident response, with a strong focus on building and tuning detections across various environments. Proficient in programming, automation, and utilizing modern SIEM tools to enhance security operations and threat hunting capabilities.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Detection EngineeringIncident ResponsePython ProgrammingCI/CD PracticesSIEM Experience
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Hard Skills
Detection TuningAutomation Code WritingTelemetry DefinitionThreat HuntingMITRE ATT&CK FrameworkProduction-Grade CodeFraud Detection PatternsKubernetes TelemetryPeer ReviewVersion Control
Soft Skills
CollaborationCritical EvaluationCommunication
Tools & Technologies
PantherElasticSplunkCloud Infrastructure
Industry Keywords
Incident ResponseSecurity IncidentsDetection PipelineFinancial Crime DetectionVisibility Gaps
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudKubernetesPythonSplunkGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and tune detections across endpoint, identity, SaaS, and cloud
- Version-control, peer-review, and ship detections through CI/CD practices
- Track detection quality using MITRE ATT&CK coverage, precision, and time-to-detect
- Own incident response by triaging, containing, remediating, and writing retrospectives
- Build automation to reduce investigation toil
- Partner with the US-based team across time zones
- Define telemetry requirements for new systems before they ship
- Work with infrastructure and product teams to close visibility gaps
- Proactively threat hunt across the estate
- Convert threat-hunting hypotheses into new detections or documented coverage
Requirements
What you’ll need- Typically 5–8 years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting
- Hands-on experience writing and tuning detections
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or Go
- Comfort writing production-grade detection and automation code
- Experience with a modern SIEM or detection pipeline, such as Panther, Elastic, or Splunk
- Practical incident response experience, including leading or playing a major role in triaging and closing real security incidents
- Experience treating detections as code with CI/CD, peer review, and staged rollout
- Experience defining telemetry contracts for systems before they ship
- Track record of critically evaluating and verifying AI-assisted work
- Familiarity with cloud-native and Kubernetes telemetry
- Experience with fraud or financial-crime detection patterns
Benefits
Comp & perks- Relocation support available for the right candidate
- Latest hardware and software, including frontier AI models on day one
- Bonus
- Equity
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Flexible time off
- Follow-the-sun pager rotation so nobody is paged at 3am local