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Identity Threat Detection Engineering Specialist

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5 days ago
São Paulo, BrazilEntry Level

Responsibilities

  • Develop and improve threat detections related to identity, authentication, and authorization.
  • Analyze events, logs, and telemetry to identify anomalous behavior and potential threats.
  • Create detection mechanisms for account takeover, credential stuffing, authentication abuse, and suspicious session or credential activity.
  • Participate in security event and incident investigations, including technical analysis and root-cause identification.
  • Partner with Engineering teams to improve the quality and availability of telemetry, logging, and security signals.
  • Develop automations to improve detection efficiency and coverage.
  • Continuously evaluate existing detections, identifying gaps, false positives, and improvement opportunities.
  • Document attack patterns, detection hypotheses, investigation procedures, and technical recommendations.
  • Collaborate with Security Operations, Incident Response, Engineering, and other Security teams.
  • Share knowledge and best practices with colleagues and distributed global teams.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of professional experience in Security Engineering, Detection Engineering, Threat Detection, Security Operations, or related areas.
  • Experience detecting or investigating threats through analysis of logs, events, telemetry, and anomalous behavior.
  • Solid knowledge or experience with Identity and Access Management, authentication, and authorization, including credential, session, and access threats.
  • Experience with security automation or data analysis using Python, SQL, or similar technologies.
  • Experience with SIEM, observability, or event-processing tools.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Security, Operations, or Architecture teams on complex technical problems.
  • Advanced or fluent English for technical discussions, global collaboration, and technical documentation.
  • Ability to work autonomously, make technical decisions within the area of expertise, communicate technical risks and findings, and support other professionals.

Benefits

  • People-first, inclusive, purpose-driven culture recognized by World’s Best Workplaces 2025 and Great Place To Work in 26 countries.
  • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
  • Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities or special needs.

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About Experian

10,000+ employees

Experian builds credit reporting, identity and fraud prevention, and data analytics software that help lenders, insurers, healthcare providers, and marketers make decisions; it also offers consumer credit monitoring and scores. The company earns via data licensing, decisioning software, and subscription services, operates in 30+ countries, is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, and is a FTSE 100 public company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN); it is one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus.

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