Cyber Detection Engineer - Consultant

Deloitte•Jersey City, NJ

2d•$82,600 - $162,800•Onsite

About The Position

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer Engineering.
2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, threat intelligence, networking, or systems administration.
Experience reviewing or analyzing authentication events, network traffic, operating system activity, vulnerability data, security logs, or alerts.
Experience using at least one scripting or query language: Python, PowerShell, Structured Query Language (SQL), Kusto Query Language (KQL), or Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
Experience documenting technical findings, test results, configuration changes, or detection logic.
Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
Ability to lead projects or workstreams
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
Ability to meet deadlines
Ability to provide clear guidance to others

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience in a security operations center, with security information and event management or endpoint detection and response platforms, or in threat hunting, incident response, or detection engineering.
Experience using Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Google Security Operations, Elastic, CrowdStrike, or Microsoft Defender.
Experience creating or modifying Sigma rules, YARA rules, Suricata signatures, Kusto Query Language queries, or Splunk Processing Language queries.
Experience using Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience using Git, version control systems, detection-as-code practices, or continuous integration/continuous delivery processes.
CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) or Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies certification.

Responsibilities

Review threat intelligence, emerging threats, attack techniques, vulnerabilities, and historical incident information to identify detection requirements.
Develop, maintain, and update detection rules, queries, signatures, and indicators of compromise for security monitoring platforms.
Configure and tune detections; identify false positives; and recommend improvements that maintain effective threat coverage.
Test and validate detection rules against known threats and attack scenarios; document test results, configuration changes, and detection logic.
Monitor detection performance; investigate gaps or unexpected results; support incident-response research; and collaborate with security operations center analysts, threat hunters, incident responders, Platform Operations Engineers, and client cybersecurity teams.