Zscaler

Senior Detection Engineer

Zscaler

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $119,000 - $127,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudRealmSplunkSQL

About the role

  • Using Red Canary’s detection platform to analyze EDR telemetry, alerts, and log sources across several detection domains (Endpoint, Identity, SIEM, Cloud/SaaS, etc.)
  • Publishing threats for customers using concisely-written communication while effectively conveying key and important indicators
  • Researching coverage opportunities then creating new detectors, and tune existing ones.
  • Improving the Detection Engineering workflow through orchestration & automation
  • Providing mentorship to your peers and communicate effectively with others for efficient cross-team collaboration
  • Help lead projects to improve the quality of life for both the customer and the CIRT

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Endpoint (MDR) and one or more of the following functional areas: Cloud/SaaS, Identity, Email or SIEM
  • Proven experience with automation and orchestration to effectively handle an extreme volume of telemetry and logs in a timely and efficient manner
  • Strong analytical thought-process and critical thinking skills to translate disparate activity into the realm of threat analysis
  • Experience using query languages and understanding syntax across EDR or other security platforms (SQL, K, Lucene, etc.)
  • Experience creating and tuning detectors/rules using commonly known tools such as YARA, SIGMA, Snort, Splunk, Elastic, etc.
  • Ability to work from Wednesday - Saturday from 5pm MST - 3am MST.
Benefits
  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
EDR telemetry analysisautomationorchestrationthreat analysisquery languagesSQLKLucenedetector creationdetector tuning
Soft skills
concise communicationanalytical thinkingcritical thinkingmentorshipcross-team collaboration