Senior Threat Detection Engineer

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Role Overview

Senior Threat Detection Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Develop

  detection rules and security policies to identify threats across multiple platforms and technologies.
• Lead the creation and deployment of

  high-fidelity threat detection mechanisms

  for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS ecosystems.
• Collaborate with security analysts, threat hunters, and intelligence teams to track

  emerging threats

  and design countermeasures.
• Validate, tune, and optimize detection content to

  reduce false positives

  while maintaining high accuracy.
• Onboard client environments to our detection platform, integrating

  diverse data sources

  and guiding them through implementation.
• Stay updated on

  cybersecurity trends, tools, and threat actor TTPs

  (MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain).
• Document detection workflows, generate

  security metrics reports

  , and present findings to stakeholders.
• Work with the

  Security Operations

  team to automate alert responses and develop playbooks.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of

  network infrastructure

  and security tools, including Firewalls, EDR, Email Security, Proxy, DLP, IDS/IPS.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in

  computer science, Information Security

  , or related field.

• 5+ years

  in cybersecurity with expertise in

  threat detection, analysis, and incident response

  .
• Strong experience with

  SIEM platforms

  (Splunk, ELK/Security Onion, IBM QRadar, Securonix, Wazuh, Azure Sentinel) — ability to create queries, dashboards, and integrate new data sources.
• Familiarity with

  cloud security

  and detection strategies in AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Knowledge of security frameworks, including

  MITRE ATT&CK

  and

  Cyber Kill Chain

  .
• Proficiency with security tools:

  SIEM, CSPM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, WAF, IDS/IPS

  .
• Excellent communication and

  client interaction skills

  .