Staff Security Content Engineer (Detection Engineering)
Securonix Consultancy- Posted a month ago
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Job Description
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead complex detection engineering initiatives across cloud and on-prem environments. The role demands strong technical leadership, expertise in cybersecurity threats, and experience building best-in-class detection content. The hire will mentor junior engineers, optimize detection capabilities, and drive the roadmap for innovative detection solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead and drive detection engineering projects across cloud and on-prem environments.
- Collaborate with product, analytics, and business teams to define and prioritize detection initiatives.
- Evaluate and integrate technologies to enhance detection content development processes.
- Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and performance tuning.
- Identify and implement process improvements, including automation and optimization of detections.
- Develop prototypes for new detection capabilities to reduce Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) threats.
- Implement and utilize Breach and Attack Simulation platforms for enhanced content delivery.
- Mentor and guide junior detection engineers, driving best practices, code quality, and documentation.
Must-Have Skills:
- 10–12 years of experience in Cybersecurity as a Detection Engineer or related roles.
- Proven experience in leading SOC operations technically.
- Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
- In-depth knowledge of attacker TTPs and designing detections accordingly.
- Solid understanding of cyber threats, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.
- Proficiency in security technologies: SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, network traffic analysis, endpoint security controls, and SOAR.
- Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong fundamentals in network protocols and operating systems.
- Experience with offensive security testing tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in detection development across multiple SIEM vendors.
- Python automation development experience.
- Prior experience developing cloud detection content.
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About Company
Securonix is transforming how security operations are delivered, measured, and scaled. Our Unified Defense SIEM combines SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, TIP, and TDIR in a single cloud-native platform that helps security teams detect threats faster, investigate with context, and respond with precision. No more silos. No more guesswork.
We do more than unify the SOC. We improve its economics. With outcome-based pricing, modular automation, and full control over data pipelines, customers reduce storage and compute costs by up to 50 percent. Analyst efficiency improves by 50 percent, and response times are reduced by as much as 60 percent.
At the core is Agentic AI, a modular set of intelligent agents that automate triage, threat hunting, investigation, and response. These agents deliver explainable, policy-aligned decisions that reduce manual workload and accelerate action.
Built natively on Snowflake and AWS, Securonix provides elastic performance and long-term scalability. Our Data Pipeline Manager gives security teams complete control over how telemetry is collected, routed, and stored, optimizing cost while preserving visibility and compliance.
Securonix is proud to be recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SIEM for the fifth consecutive year, and as a Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice. Global enterprises trust us to modernize their SOC, reduce risk, and deliver outcomes that matter.
Modular by design and open by architecture, Securonix gives teams the flexibility to start with what matters most and scale as they grow.