Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection and Response

Maleda Tech is a leading global travel technology marketplace, and they are seeking a Senior Security Engineer for their Threat Detection and Response team. The role involves defining and executing the vision for threat detection and incident response capabilities while mentoring teammates and optimizing security measures to protect millions of users.

Responsibilities:

• Perform investigations of security incidents using digital forensics and data analytics
• Use coding, data analytics, and investigation skills to hunt, detect, and respond to threats
• Build automation and detection models to identify anomalous activity and mitigate threats at scale
• Proactively hunt for threats in corporate and production environments
• Partner with engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions and carry out complex investigations
• Identify gaps in infrastructure and work with business partners to improve visibility through logging and detection
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Legal, Privacy, and Engineering for efficient, large-scale response

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in security operations, including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering
• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language; SQL and Pandas are used frequently
• Experience automating security detection and response
• Working knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks and how they apply to the threat landscape
• Self-motivated problem solver able to work independently with minimal guidance
• Ability to lead through influence in complex, ambiguous situations
• Calm, collaborative, and expedient in critical high-stress situations
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS)