Cyber Defense Senior Detection Engineer, Mandiant, Google Cloud
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Remote locations: California, USA; United States.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in a Detection Engineering or related role, working with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies.
- Experience using multiple operating systems, directory service software, and document, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
- Experience with detection tuning and creation leveraging various security tools including SIEM, EDR, or NDR tools.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with content engineering inside SIEM platforms (e.g., rule creation, advanced correlation searching, etc.).
- Experience with SPL, KQL, YARA-L, Kusto or similar SIEM query languages, with an understanding of SIEM log flow, aggregation, and forwarding.
- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell and Python).
- Understanding of logging for common platforms and devices, including Windows, Linux and network equipment.
- Ability to engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About the job
In this role, you will be responsible for enabling the technology and tools required to accomplish daily tasks within a Cyber Defense Center (CDC). You will collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams such as Security Architects, Security Analysts, Client Information Technology (IT) resources, and other business resource owners, to define requirements and deliver recommendations focused on technologies required to support the client's CDC. In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining the operational readiness of client SIEM, creating detection content, identifying areas for improvement, and setting appropriate configurations of the SIEM or related response technologies required for a client's security operations center (SOC) to maintain effective incident detection and response capabilities. You will also work as a member of a highly technical team in a rapidly changing environment, administer a variety of information security technologies, learn new emerging technologies, and be passionate about protecting customer data and corporate assets from the threats facing multiple industries.
Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned frontline experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.Responsibilities
- Identify challenges in customer Cyber Defense Centers and formulate strategies for improvement, plan implementation of improvements, and execute/oversee plans to completion.
- Create and modify SIEM use cases and detection logic, leveraging cyber threat intelligence, written in technology-specific query language or Sigma open signature format.
- Provide expertise for SIEM and other SOC technologies that assist in incident response.
- Measure and improve alert fidelity through metrics creation, tracking, responding to tuning requests, implementing incident-specific detection logic, etc.
- Engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues.
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