Lead Cybersecurity Engineer (Hybrid)
American Family Insurance23 hours ago
Boston, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$113k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of cyber defense capabilities across threat detection, threat hunting, incident response, and adversary simulation.
- Design, build, and maintain security data pipelines that ingest, normalize, enrich, and analyze data from security platforms.
- Develop security analytics, detections, correlation rules, and threat hunting methodologies for advanced threat identification.
- Implement and maintain Cortex XSOAR and other SOAR automation for investigation, enrichment, response, containment, and remediation.
- Build reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and services using Python, REST APIs, SQL/KQL, and security tool integrations.
- Conduct threat hunting, adversary emulation, penetration testing, ethical hacking, and security control validation exercises.
- Evaluate and optimize security monitoring and analytics platforms including Datadog, Microsoft Sentinel, and Splunk.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship for detection engineering, security automation, and threat response initiatives.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience delivering customer-driven solutions, support, or service.
- Knowledge of software engineering architectures, system and software design, and system deployments.
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity, cyber engineering, computer science, software engineering, and electrical/computer engineering.
- Extensive knowledge of security technologies and application development methodologies.
- Experience with cyber threat analysis, incident response, forensic analysis, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.
- Extensive knowledge of directory services and identity stores.
- Preferred experience building security data pipelines across SIEM, EDR, cloud, identity, and threat intelligence platforms.
- Preferred hands-on experience with Cortex XSOAR or other SOAR platforms and playbook/workflow automation.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL/KQL, REST APIs, and security tool integrations.
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Datadog, or similar security analytics technologies.
- Background in detection engineering, threat hunting, security analytics, MITRE ATT&CK, adversary emulation, and threat-informed defense.
- Experience using AI-driven capabilities and automating security operations to improve detection and response.
- Proven ability to deliver scalable security capabilities and lead technical initiatives while mentoring cybersecurity engineers.
- Selected candidates must pass applicable background checks and sign a nondisclosure agreement.
Benefits
- Hybrid work requires at least 10 days per month in the Boston, Massachusetts, or Madison, Wisconsin, office.
- Relocation support is available for eligible candidates.
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellbeing benefits, a 401(k) contribution, pension plan, annual incentive, paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Employees receive 23 days of paid time off accrued annually for full-time employment.
- Student loan repayment and paid family leave programs are available.
- Employees participate in new employee orientation during their first week, in person or virtually depending on scheduling.
- Travel requirements are up to 10%.
About American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance provides property-casualty and life insurance, including auto, home, renters, business, and life policies for individuals and small businesses. It distributes coverage through captive agents and digital channels, generating revenue from premiums and investment income. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, it operates as a mutual insurance group serving customers across many U.S. states.