Security Engineer IV

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years in security engineering, detection engineering, or cloud security with exposure to SaaS and API-based environments.
• Strong expertise in anomaly detection, behavioural analytics, and applied data science concepts for cybersecurity.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, and detection-as-code frameworks (e.g., Splunk, OpenSearch, KQL, Sigma).
• Proficiency in threat hunting methodologies, adversary emulation, and detection in large-scale SaaS/cloud environments.
• Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), enrichment pipelines, and ATT&CK-based intelligence mapping.
• Good programming, automation, and data analytics skills.
• Experience integrating detection pipelines into SaaS applications and microservices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing analytics pipelines, including AI/ML models for anomaly detection and risk scoring.
• Exposure to SOC operations, detection content development, and adversary simulation.
• Deep knowledge of threat intelligence tradecraft (e.g., ATT&CK, Sigma mappings, enrichment, correlation with detection rules).
• Experience with automated detection tuning and false positive reduction.
• Familiarity with cloud-native telemetry pipelines.
• Security certifications: GIAC GCDA/GCFA, GCTI, GCP Security Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, OSCP.

1. SaaS Detection Research & Engineering

• Develop and refine detection frameworks for SaaS-specific threats (business logic abuse, API misuse, identity-based attacks).
• Engineer detection-as-code pipelines leveraging Sigma, OpenSearch, and automation frameworks.
• Incorporate AI/ML-driven anomaly detection techniques where applicable.
• Continuously reskill and upskill in emerging detection technologies.

2. Proactive Security Controls & Mitigations

• Implement preventive and adaptive controls to identify SaaS threats before exploitation.
• Use automation and analytics (including AI-enhanced methods) to accelerate response and reduce MTTD/MTTR.
• Collaborate with detection and response teams to improve coverage and resilience.

3. Threat Hunting & Intelligence Integration

• Conduct advanced threat hunting across SaaS telemetry, using both traditional and AI-assisted approaches.
• Leverage threat intelligence feeds and enrichment pipelines to drive prioritization.
• Map detection coverage to MITRE ATT&CK and adversary playbooks.
• Automate ingestion, normalization, and correlation of structured/unstructured TI data.

4. Risk-Based Detection & Security Metrics

• Build risk-based prioritization models, incorporating AI/ML where beneficial.
• Provide executive reporting on detection performance, coverage, and efficiency.
• Quantify detection efficacy by aligning outcomes with business risk and threat impact.

5. Continuous Reskilling & Innovation

• Lead reskilling initiatives within Detection Engineering, enabling the team to adopt new frameworks, AI/ML methods, and automation.
• Collaborate with data science teams to explore AI-supported detection content generation and validation.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and applied innovation in DE, TH, and TI.

Career Level - IC4