
Senior Threat Detection Engineer
Wells Fargo
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Iselin • Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $196,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection use cases.
- Stay current on emerging threats, attacker TTPs, and detection technologies.
- Work under the guidance of Lead and Principal Detection Engineers to implement scalable detection strategies.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives within the detection engineering function.
- Support engineering and operational efforts for threat detection platforms including Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft Defender.
- Develop and tune detection logic mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
- Create and maintain dashboards, alerts, and reports to support threat detection and incident response.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of detection content with threat intelligence and business priorities.
- Assist in the integration of threat intelligence feeds and automation tools to enrich detection pipelines.
- Participate in detection content lifecycle management including testing, deployment, and refinement.
- Contribute to documentation and playbooks for detection engineering processes.
Requirements
- 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft Defender.
- Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat actor TTPs.
- Experience developing and tuning detection content for high signal-to-noise ratio.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
threat intelligencedetection use casesdetection logicscripting languagesPythonPowerShelldetection contentsignal-to-noise ratioincident responseautomation tools
Soft Skills
collaborationcontinuous improvementdocumentationcommunicationalignment with business priorities