Principal Security Engineer - Threat Intelligence

Snowflake is a cloud data platform company that is focused on enhancing security capabilities to mitigate threats. They are seeking a Principal Security Engineer - Threat Intelligence to lead the Threat Intelligence program, operationalize intelligence, and translate it into actionable outcomes for the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and mature the strategy for Threat Intelligence at Snowflake, including where the program should invest in people, processes, engineering, and AI-enabled capabilities
• Identify, profile, and track threat actors targeting Snowflake, our customers, partners, and ecosystem, and translate that intelligence into relevant, actionable outcomes
• Operationalize threat intelligence to help prioritize security initiatives and drive action with the relevant security teams and stakeholders
• Produce high-quality intelligence reports, assessments, briefs, and leadership-ready communications based on external events, internal requirements, and proactive research
• Engineer solutions that improve the efficiency, scale, and impact of the Threat Intelligence program, including automations, collection pipelines, enrichment workflows, and analyst tooling
• Build and improve AI-assisted intelligence workflows for tasks such as report triage, signal enrichment, summarization, vendor/customer monitoring, and threat-informed hunts, with strong measurement and quality
• Partner closely with Threat Detection, Incident Response, and other security teams to convert intelligence into detections, threat hunts, investigative pivots, and control recommendations
• Monitor alerts, intelligence feeds, vendor reporting, and external developments for threat events that may affect Snowflake
• Drive standards for how intelligence is curated, evaluated, delivered, and measured so the program remains high-signal, timely, and scalable
• Mentor other engineers and analysts by raising the team’s technical depth, analytic rigor, and operational maturity

Requirements:

• Deep experience in threat intelligence, with strong background in several of: adversary intelligence, intrusion intelligence, supply-chain intelligence, identity intelligence, domain intelligence, and threat-informed defense
• Strong understanding of today's threat actor ecosystem, including nation-state actors, criminal organizations, ransomware groups, fraud ecosystems, and the platforms and communities that enable them
• Demonstrated ability to operationalize threat intelligence and influence security priorities in partnership with detection, incident response, product security, cloud security, anti-abuse, and other stakeholders
• Strong engineering skills, including experience writing code in high-level languages such as Python or Go, building automations, and working with data-heavy security workflows
• Experience building or driving AI-assisted workflows for intelligence analysis, research triage, summarization, collection, prioritization, or investigative support, and good judgment about where AI adds value versus where human analysis is required
• Ability to research threat actors' TTPs, infrastructure, targets, and objectives, and map those risks to Snowflake's product, enterprise, and customer environment
• Experience with OSINT tools, data sources, investigative methodologies, and intelligence reporting for technical and executive audiences
• Strong understanding of threat hunting and threat detection methodologies, and the ability to turn intelligence into hunts, detection opportunities, and control recommendations
• A risk-based approach to security, with the ability to prioritize work based on business impact and evolving threat conditions
• A humble, team-oriented mindset with a bias toward collaboration, execution, and raising the bar for the broader team
• Significant experience in threat intelligence, cyber threat research, intelligence engineering, or closely related security disciplines
• Experience researching and tracking sophisticated threat actors targeting cloud-native and SaaS environments
• Experience writing code in a high-level programming language such as Python or Go and using code to automate manual workflows or analyze security data at scale
• Experience handling data programmatically using tools such as SQL and Python, ideally against large datasets relevant to security analytics or intelligence workflows
• Experience collaborating across multiple security functions and communicating effectively with technical stakeholders and leadership
• Strong understanding of enterprise security controls, threat hunting, and detection methodologies
• Experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and familiarity with the risks that impact cloud and SaaS environments
• Experience leading or materially shaping a Threat Intelligence program at scale
• Experience building AI/ML-assisted security workflows or evaluating AI systems for security use cases
• Experience with data engineering, workflow orchestration, or production-grade systems that support intelligence or security operations at scale
• Experience with Snowflake or equivalent cloud data platforms for large-scale analysis and investigative workflows
• Experience presenting externally, publishing research, or demonstrating thought leadership in the security space
• Experience building capabilities that support intelligence-driven detection, hunting, or response at a global scale