Deepwatch

Detection Engineer

Deepwatch

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: TampaFloridaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $94,500 - $118,700 per year

About the role

  • Develop and document new Detection Capabilities for customer environments
  • Work with customers to develop a comprehensive strategy for effective detections
  • Leverage industry frameworks, such as MITRE ATT&CK Framework, for customer-facing alert improvement roadmap
  • Apply knowledge of common detection tools (Azure logging, command line logging, etc.) to advise customers on logging capabilities to expand applicable detection library
  • Confidently prioritize log sources for ingestion and enablement
  • Evaluate current monitoring and detection capabilities to identify areas for improvement
  • Conduct Detection Gap Analyses
  • Manage detection capabilities to ensure appropriate coverage, effective operation, and adherence to Deepwatch standards
  • Detection Enablement
  • Detection Effectiveness (Tuning, Validation, etc.)
  • Detection Creation
  • Onboard assigned customers, establishing baseline detection coverage and detection enablement plan post onboarding
  • Ensure ingested log sources conform to CIM standards

Requirements

  • Experience working for a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or similar cybersecurity organization
  • Experience working and querying SIEM tools or other log-based data preferably Splunk
  • Experience in engineering event detection & response tuning
  • Ability to engineer creative, scalable, and out-of-the-box solutions
  • Up to date with engineering best practices, security technology trends, tools, and frameworks
  • Experience in developing detections for attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
  • Able to both investigate and create security rules in at least 1 SIEM
  • Understanding of general enterprise network architecture and security incident response
  • Understanding of common enterprise technologies and logging capabilities including Cloud, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Active Directory, Anti-Virus/EDR, Proxies, and Email Gateway
  • Understanding of various attack frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and general adversarial / defensive security techniques (e.g. the Cyber Kill Chain, and NIST)
  • Ability to communicate and document technical information effectively towards various audience
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO), 11 company holidays, sick leave and 8-Weeks Paid Parental Leave
  • Unique professional development benefits, starting at $3,000 annually
  • Wellness contests and monthly educational programs
  • 401(K) retirement program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
detection capabilitiesdetection gap analysisevent detectionresponse tuningsecurity rules creationlogging capabilitiesdetection effectivenessdetection creationquerying SIEMengineering best practices
Soft Skills
communicationdocumentationproblem-solvingcreativityprioritizationcustomer engagementstrategic thinkinganalytical thinkingcollaborationadaptability