Detection Engineer
Securonix, Inc.2 months ago
Remote, India or Pune, IndiaEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Shadow Detection Engineers and provide L1 support for customer queries related to detection content.
- Analyze logs from security technologies to identify patterns, anomalies, and suspicious behavior.
- Create, update, and tune detection content with team guidance.
- Support development of policies, threat models, dashboards, and reports within the Securonix platform.
- Perform quality assurance testing and validate detection logic using sample logs, test cases, and documented attack scenarios.
- Document detection logic, assumptions, test results, and known limitations.
- Track emerging threats, threat research, detection techniques, and community-published security content.
- Collaborate with Detection Engineers to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical knowledge.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Basic understanding of operating systems, networking concepts, and security fundamentals.
- Ability to read and analyze logs from systems, applications, network devices, or security tools.
- Basic scripting or automation skills, preferably using Python.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to learn detection engineering, SIEM concepts, and threat detection methodologies.
- Preferred qualifications include cybersecurity knowledge covering malware, phishing, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration.
- Familiarity with SIEM platforms or log-management tools and awareness of MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques are preferred.
- Exposure to JSON, regex, SQL, APIs, data parsing, cybersecurity projects, internships, labs, certifications, or hands-on scripting practice is preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance with INR 7,50,000 total insured coverage for the employee, spouse, two children, dependent parents, or parents-in-law.
- Personal accident insurance with INR 10,00,000 total insured coverage.
- Term life insurance with coverage equal to five times fixed base pay.
- Full-time employee benefits are provided.