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Detection Engineering Lead
Dropzone AIDetection Engineer Lead shaping the future of AI-driven security operations at Dropzone AI. Collaborating with teams to innovate and improve detection methodologies and practices.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudLinuxSplunk
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Reimagine how having unlimited detection engineering capacity could change Detection and Response teams and how future security practitioners interact with an AI detection engineer
- Prototype, validate, and continuously improve an AI agent that programmatically generates detection content across diverse security environments.
- Experiment autonomous agentic loops between detection engineering and other D&R functions such as threat intelligence and threat hunting
- Partner with engineering teams to encode expert detection knowledge into our product.
- Design scoring rubrics on AI generated detection content for SIEM, EDR, NDR, cloud, identity, and SaaS security platforms.
- Provide guidance on detection methodologies used by mature SOCs.
- Establish best practices for detection quality, tuning, testing, and lifecycle management.
- Influence product roadmap decisions based on customer and operational needs.
- Stay current on emerging threats, attacker techniques, and defensive strategies.
- Conduct original research into detection opportunities and gaps.
- Develop novel approaches for AI-assisted threat detection.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of experience in detection engineering
- Deep expertise with two or more major SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Chronicle, Sumo Logic, etc.)
- Strong understanding of endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and SaaS telemetry
- Expertise in MITRE ATT&CK, adversary emulation, and detection coverage analysis
- Experience building and tuning high-fidelity detections at scale
- Strong understanding of modern attacker tradecraft across Windows, Linux, cloud, identity, and SaaS environments
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage practitioners, executives, and customers
- Early-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed execution
- Being data-driven is part of your DNA.
Benefits
Comp & perks- health insurance
- 401K Plan with employer match
- Self-Managed PTO
- parental leave
- significant above market new hire equity grants