Nebius

Lead Detection Engineer

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3 months ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define detection coverage strategy across endpoint, identity, cloud, and infrastructure environments.
  • Build and own the Detection-as-Code pipeline, including version control, testing, peer review, and deployment practices.
  • Design architecture connecting detections to enrichment, triage, and automated response workflows.
  • Establish technical standards for designing, testing, documenting, deploying, and retiring detections.
  • Improve detection quality through fidelity metrics, false-positive reduction, coverage measurement, and continuous validation.
  • Design and build high-fidelity behavioral detections across SIEM and EDR platforms.
  • Research emerging attacker techniques and translate threat intelligence into scalable, evasion-resistant detections.
  • Validate detections through threat simulations and continuous detection testing.
  • Partner with SOC analysts to connect detection performance with real investigations.
  • Define and track detection engineering metrics and communicate coverage and effectiveness to security leadership.
  • Make architectural decisions that scale with the team and organization.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in detection engineering, security operations, or a hybrid offensive/defensive security role.
  • Experience owning or leading detection engineering work as a senior technical contributor.
  • Strong understanding of attacker tradecraft and adversary behavior.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one enterprise SIEM and EDR platform, such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or CrowdStrike.
  • Strong query development skills in SPL, KQL, Sigma, or similar technologies.
  • Solid engineering practices involving Git, code review, and Detection-as-Code workflows.
  • Experience using MITRE ATT&CK to design, validate, and measure detection coverage.
  • Ability to make and defend technical decisions and establish standards adopted by others.
  • Offensive security background or certifications is a bonus.
  • Threat hunting and detection validation framework experience is a bonus.
  • Experience designing SOAR playbooks and automated response workflows is a bonus.
  • Cloud security experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP is a bonus.
  • Experience building AI-assisted detection, investigation, or triage workflows is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation (amount not specified)
  • Career growth and learning opportunities
  • Flexibility and ownership
  • Collaborative and innovative culture
  • Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
  • International environment and talented teams
  • Office-based work is available in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the country of application
Nebius

About Nebius

1,001-5,000 employees

Nebius builds a full-stack AI cloud offering GPU compute, storage, and tools for training and deploying ML models for startups, enterprises, and research labs. It sells consumption-based cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) and managed services tailored to generative AI workloads, including large-scale model training and inference. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and operates as an independent provider.

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