Threat Detection & Response Engineer, AI-Era Detection & Response
Trend Micro29 days ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Responsibilities
- Investigate emerging AI-era threats, including AI-enabled attacks and threats to AI systems, and summarize findings.
- Build, test, and refine detection-and-response capabilities integrated with security tooling and analyst workflows.
- Develop and evaluate defensive prototypes and document promising approaches in clear specifications.
- Collaborate with threat intelligence, detection engineering, data science, AI/ML, and platform teams to move prototypes toward production.
- Communicate research findings and technical work clearly to teammates and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, or a related technical field, with exposure to threat detection and response.
- Experience contributing to technical systems that reached production.
- Familiarity with security tooling and operational workflows, plus basic AI/ML knowledge and awareness of MITRE ATT&CK.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree or equivalent experience, AI/ML security exposure, hands-on EDR/XDR, SIEM, or SOAR experience, cloud or data-processing experience, relevant security certification, and research or R&D collaboration experience.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Pre-partum, maternity, parental, and medical leave.
- Mental Health Wellness Program, wellness incentive, adoption assistance, and pet insurance.
- 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and 14 annual holidays.
- Tuition assistance and employee resource groups.
- Competitive compensation with a company-performance bonus opportunity and ongoing learning opportunities.
Tech Stack
Categories
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro builds cybersecurity software and cloud services for enterprises, governments, and consumers, including endpoint, network, email, and cloud workload protection unified in the Trend Vision One platform. The company sells subscriptions and licenses with managed threat detection and response. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Tokyo, it is a public company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with global operations and longstanding partnerships with major cloud providers.