Senior Threat Detection Engineer

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

Senior Threat Detection Engineer at JLL leading detection capabilities and protecting enterprise environments from sophisticated threats. Bridging threat detection, data engineering, and automation.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecuritySplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and tune high-fidelity detection rules across SIEM, EDR/XDR, and cloud-native SaaS platforms.
Work with centralized logging, data lakes, and detection telemetry.
Proactively analyze attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and execute hypothesis-driven threat hunting campaigns.
Implement security automations using SOAR platforms and explore AI/ML and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance incident response and automated response actions.
Partner closely with SOC, Red Team, and Threat Intel to validate signal quality, reduce false positives, and improve MITRE ATT&CK coverage.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level security engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–8+ years in cybersecurity, with a heavy emphasis on threat detection, incident response, or SOC operations.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related quantitative field.
Demonstrative experience in developing automation solutions for Cyber Security
5+ years Information Technology experience
4+ years of Cyber Security Experience
2+ years of any SOAR tool experience (Splunk SOAR, Sentinel, Swimlane, etc)
Experience in utilizing CI/CD tools (such as GitHub Actions) to automate build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring smooth and efficient software delivery
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) to automate infrastructure provisioning and ensure consistent environments throughout the development lifecycle
Strong verbal communications skills and concise written communication skills
Strong organizational and multi-tasking and time management skills
Prefers to work in an agile team environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) plan with matching company contributions
Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

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Hard Skills & Tools

threat detectionincident responsesecurity automationhypothesis-driven threat huntingautomation solutionsCI/CDinfrastructure-as-codedata lakesdetection telemetryMITRE ATT&CK

Soft Skills

technical guidancementorshipverbal communicationwritten communicationorganizational skillsmulti-taskingtime managementcollaboration