Dragos, Inc.Remote
Staff Analytics Engineer
United States of America
Full-time
2 weeks ago
$192,000 USD
H1B Sponsor
Key skills
Python developmentCybersecurity experienceNetwork packet analysisSuricataSIEM toolsLinux command lineGit version controlICS/OT knowledgeOpen-source researchContainerized solutionsRust developmentAI/ML techniquesData pipelinesSQLData warehousingPLC programmingHMI configurationZeekYaraELK stackAI tools integrationPythonRustAIMLData WarehousingAnalyticsAWSAzureGCPElasticsearchELK StackLogstashKibanaGitVersion ControlCI/CD
About this role
Dragos, Inc. is on a mission to defend industrial organizations through ICS/OT Cybersecurity. They are seeking a highly skilled Analytics Engineer to enhance the security of operational technology environments by collaborating with protocol reverse engineers and developers to identify and classify OT assets, supporting vulnerability mappings and threat detection capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in efforts for discovering and cataloging OT assets using advanced detection methodologies
- Work in tandem with reverse engineers to decipher proprietary protocols and uncover asset attributes using vendor documentation and protocol specifications
- Partner with developers to integrate findings into Dragos’s threat detection and response platform
- Contribute to the creation of detection logic and rules for real-time threat monitoring of atomic operations
- Troubleshoot and fix both internal engine configurations and python analytics use for asset identification and atomic operations
- Develop and document team CI/CD and testing standards, authoring unit, integration, and end two end tests to verify characterizations and detections are working as expected
- Collect PCAPs using OSINT, Generate PCAPs utilizing test range, or craft PCAPs utilizing software to use in both detection development and regression testing
Requirements:
- 4 years in a production software development environment, with 2 years of experience with python development
- 6+ years in cyber security related field; operations, threat hunting, detection development, offensive operations, threat emulation, security research, or security tool development
- Experience with analysis of network packet captures (PCAPs) and traffic using tools such as Wireshark and Network Miner
- High level of experience using Suricata, Wireshark/tshark for network packet capture (PCAPs) analysis, and SIEM tools
- Familiarity with containerized solutions for debugging
- A solid understanding of both Linux and windows command line tools for debugging
- A Strong ability to conduct open-source research
- Experienced with git (or other software version control solutions)
- ICS/OT knowledge and experience
- Experience developing in Rust or applying AI/ML techniques in production environments is a plus
- Familiarity with building data pipelines using Python and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), along with SQL, data normalization, and data warehousing experience is beneficial
- Exposure to OT technologies, such as PLC programming or HMI configuration, is nice to have
- Knowledge of tools like Zeek or Yara for threat detection or network analysis is helpful
- Experience with the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for log and event analysis is a plus
- Experience incorporating AI tools, models, or services into development workflows