Senior Threat Detection & Response Engineer - Remote (UK) Working

Our client is seeking a curious and motivated Senior Threat Detection & Response Engineer to build state-of-the-art threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) capabilities.

This role will work with enterprise clients, and internally, to perform threat-informed detection engineering and threat research, implement security data lakes, SIEM and data pipelines strategies and transform response with SOAR and AI-SOC tooling.

You will have the opportunity shape everything from our technical architecture and services to our company culture, while working on innovative detection engineering challenges.

Core Requirements

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ years focused on detection engineering
• Proven ability to operationalize threat intelligence into actionable, high-fidelity, detections
• Demonstratable experience with detection-as-code using multiple detection languages - SPL, KQL, YARA-L, Sigma, CoreTIDE, YAML
• Proficient with Python, Git / GitHub and developing security tooling integrations and automations
• Hands-on experience of Splunk Cloud, Enterprise Security and SOAR
• Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and how to apply it practically
• Familiarity with offensive security concepts, attacker tradecraft or incident response
• Excellent technical writing and documentation skills
• Comfortable presenting to technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Requirements

• Experience architecting TDIR platforms or leading detection engineering initiatives
• Expertise with multiple SIEM platforms such as Google SecOps and MS Sentinel
• Experience using security data lakes and pipelines such as Cribl, Snowflake, Databricks
• Splunk Certificated Architect (or Enterprise Security Admin)

Bonus Points

• Track record of thought leadership and infosec community contributions (conference talks, blog posts, open source)
• Red team/penetration testing experience
• Deep cloud security knowledge (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Kubernetes/container security knowledge
• Other security certifications (GIAC, HTB CAPE, PNPT, GCP/WS/Azure Security)