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Threat Detection Engineer
Proofpoint. Evaluate and support changes to our Threat Analysis environment .
Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, New York, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $101,600 - $214,005 per yearWebsite
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesDockerETLKubernetesLuaMongoDBPostgresPythonReactVMware
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Evaluate and support changes to our Threat Analysis environment
- Analyze needs and create and support internal tools where appropriate
- Support a team researching new and past threats, including malware, exploit kits, and vulnerabilities
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience with network traffic inspection tools, such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Moloch, etc.
- Familiarity with writing signatures for the Snort or Suricata IDS platforms.
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies, such as VMware products, VirtualBox, KVM, etc.
- Experience with one or more scripting languages. Lua and Python proficiency preferred.
- Experience with regular expressions/PCRE.
- Creativity, enthusiasm for the network threat space, and a willingness to collaborate with the team.
- Must be able to work under broad strategic guidance.
- Experience building web applications (React preferred)
- RESTful API design and implementation
- Database experience (PostgreSQL, ES, or MongoDB)
- Data pipeline and ETL experience
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career success on your terms
- Flexible work environment
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
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Hard Skills & Tools
network traffic inspectionWiresharktcpdumpMolochSnortSuricatavirtualization technologiesVMwareVirtualBoxKVM
Soft Skills
creativityenthusiasmcollaborationability to work under broad strategic guidance