Senior Detection Engineer

2 months ago

Madrid, SpainSenior

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the strategic detection landscape aligned with evolving threats, adversary behaviors, and business risks.
Set detection engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices across the Detection Cluster.
Design and optimize advanced SIEM detection use cases while balancing effectiveness, performance, and operational sustainability.
Own detection coverage assessments and gap analyses using MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence insights.
Oversee the security telemetry landscape, identify data gaps, and drive onboarding of new data sources.
Translate threat intelligence, threat hunting findings, and adversary simulation results into scalable production detections.
Design and implement detection strategies spanning endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and application security environments.

Extensive experience in Detection Engineering, Cyber Defense, Security Monitoring, or Threat Detection in complex enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in SIEM technologies, including log management, event correlation, detection logic development, and security data analysis.
Strong understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures and hands-on knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK.
Experience developing, tuning, and maintaining detection content while minimizing false positives and alert fatigue.
Experience translating threat intelligence and threat hunting outcomes into actionable detection capabilities.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to influence technical teams and senior stakeholders.
Familiarity with Detection-as-Code, behavioral analytics, automation, and AI-assisted security operations.
Experience with Google SecOps is preferred.
Background in threat hunting, threat intelligence, purple teaming, or adversary simulation is preferred.
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCDA, GCFA, or equivalent are preferred.
Experience in large international or regulated environments is preferred.

Hybrid work model with up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
Company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program, and employee discounts.
Career development, digital learning programs, and international career mobility.
Flexible working and health and wellbeing benefits, including healthcare and parental leave.
Full-time, indefinite employment.

10,000+ employees