Detection Engineering Lead

NewGen

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • US Citizenship required
  • Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
  • OSCP or GXPN certification needed
  • 5 years of experience in Incident Response within a large SOC (over 5,000 endpoints)
  • 3 years in proactive detection engineering, threat hunting, or adversary emulation
  • 2 years proficiency in scripting with Python and PowerShell
  • 2 years developing detections in a SIEM (Splunk ES or Microsoft Sentinel)

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of detection engineering strategies
  • Collaborate with partners to expand capabilities in Federal IT
  • Utilize large datasets to form hypotheses and detect threats
  • Conduct proactive threat hunts and adversary emulation
  • Develop and implement new detection tools using scripts
  • Analyze and identify APT behavior across systems
  • Enhance SIEM capabilities for real-time threat detection

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Generous paid time off policy
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Detection Engineering Lead for potential upcoming work. This would be part of an opportunity for our Partner to expand their footprint within a Federal IT sector.

Requirements
  • US Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
  • OSCP or GXPN
  • 5 years within IR in a large SOC (over 5,000 endpoints) with at least 3 years focused on proactive detection engineering, threat hunt, or adversary emulation
  • 3 years of experience with demonstrated proficiency in forming hypothesis, querying large datasets and identifying APT behavior
  • 2 years' experience with demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages including Python and PowerShell to develop new tools
  • 2 years' experience with demonstrated proficiency developing detections in a SIEM (utilizing Splunk ES or Microsoft Sentinel)

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