Lead Detection Engineer

The incumbent will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security detection capabilities across our organization's infrastructure and applications. This role bridges security operations and development teams to build automated, scalable detection systems that identify potential security threats early. Working within a DevSecOps framework, the Detection Engineer will help embed security throughout the development lifecycle while maintaining robust threat detection capabilities in production environments.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and implement detection rules and alerts across security tools including SIEM, EDR, and cloud security platforms
• Create reproducible detection engineering workflows using infrastructure as code and CI / CD pipelines
• Develop and maintain security monitoring use cases based on current threat intelligence and known attack patterns
• Implement Detection as Code practices to version control, test, and deploy detection rules
• Configure and optimize SIEM and SOAR platforms to improve detection capabilities and response workflows
• Conduct threat hunting activities to proactively identify potential security incidents
• Reduce false positives through continuous tuning and refinement of detection capabilities
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security monitoring into application architecture
• Automate security response workflows for common threat scenarios
• Document detection strategies, processes, and procedures
• Review and validate security alerts to determine appropriate response actions
• Stay current with emerging threats and attack techniques

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