Principal Engineer - Security Logging & Detection
Gen Digital3 months ago
Base Salary
$150k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and technical strategy for security logging and detection capabilities.
- Design, build, and improve logging pipelines and telemetry services across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
- Manage security telemetry collection, parsing, normalization, enrichment, routing, retention, and access patterns.
- Ensure the reliability, integrity, availability, and operational effectiveness of security data.
- Drive automation, engineering standards, documentation, and processes that improve scalability and platform resilience.
- Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, and software engineering teams to improve telemetry coverage and detection capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives and cross-functional teams.
- Identify opportunities to use AI-enabled technologies for security engineering workflows, telemetry analysis, reporting, and automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Extensive experience in Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, Logging, Observability, Detection Engineering, or closely related disciplines.
- Strong understanding of security logging architectures and telemetry pipelines, including collection, transport, normalization, enrichment, storage, retention, and access.
- Experience building, operating, and scaling distributed systems or enterprise data pipelines.
- Experience collaborating with Security Operations, Threat Detection, Incident Response, or Security Analytics teams.
- Strong technical leadership and the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions across multiple teams.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with AI-enabled tools, large-scale cloud-native infrastructure, observability platforms, or relevant Security, Cloud, or Software Engineering certifications is preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible working options, time off, competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.
- Collaborative environment supporting healthy debate, experimentation, continuous learning, and career growth.
- Interview process includes a recruiter screen, technical interviews, and a final leadership interview.
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About Gen Digital
Gen Digital is a public consumer cyber safety company that sells subscription software and services for cybersecurity, online privacy, and identity protection under brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender. Formed in 2022 by the merger of NortonLifeLock and Avast, it is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and serves more than 150 countries with a user base approaching 500 million. Revenue comes primarily from direct-to-consumer subscriptions and partnerships.