Manager, Detection Engineering
Zscaler
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $176,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Lead a group of detection engineers to identify and investigate threats in endpoint, cloud, and identity telemetry and create timely, quality, and practical threat detections
- Manage, mentor, and coach direct reports
- Define and manage operational metrics for reporting to identify improvement opportunities
- Champion the security operations platform and collaborate with other managers and peer teams to create change
- Build and maintain relationships across security operations, community, support, and customers to ensure the best possible customer experience
- Lead root cause analysis for investigative quality issues and direct next steps to address and prevent recurrence
- Operate within a 24/7 team environment to track threats in endpoint data and deliver detections
- Report to the Senior Director of Detection Engineering and drive initiatives to completion
Requirements
- 5+ years experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or security engineering team with previous people management experience
- Technical proficiency with Identity, Cloud, and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools
- Experience performing investigations at scale
- Desire to mentor, coach, and manage highly technical direct and indirect reports
- Proficiency creating and managing operational metrics that increase team efficiencies and quality
- Experience working within high-pressure environments and acting as an escalation for high-value customers
- Ability to manage effective relationships with organizational leaders and drive initiatives to completion
- (Preferred) Experience with software development, databases, or security automation
- (Preferred) Experience in building teams from the ground up or scaling a team from start up to enterprise
Benefits
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks
- Comprehensive and inclusive benefits
- Hybrid working model / Future of Work strategy
- Reasonable support and accommodations in recruiting processes
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Hard skills
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)Cloud securityIdentity securityInvestigations at scaleOperational metrics managementSecurity automationSoftware developmentDatabase management
Soft skills
LeadershipMentoringCoachingRelationship managementCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam managementCustomer experience focus