Cybersecurity Engineer

Barracuda Networks Inc. • Chelmsford, MA

3d • $105,000 - $140,000 • Remote

About The Position

Barracuda XDR is seeking a passionate and seasoned Cybersecurity Engineer to help deliver excellent threat research, detection capabilities, and incident response guidance to customers. This role requires a strong background in security and data engineering, automation, use-case development, threat hunting, and attack simulation. It offers a unique opportunity to work with over 40 different cloud, endpoint, and network data sources, blending security knowledge with data engineering. The successful candidate will join an innovative, competitive, and continuously improving global 24x7 SOC team and should possess strong communication, support, and leadership skills. Flexibility and an eagerness to learn new technologies are essential.

Requirements

• At least 4-6 years of experience working for a SOC or CIRT.
• Comfortable and confident leading complex security investigations.
• Strong threat hunting abilities in SIEM solutions such as Elastic or Splunk.
• Basic hands-on experience with Kali Linux and other offensive security tools.
• Experience working with API-based integrations or SOAR applications.
• Basic familiarity with cloud services such as AWS and Azure and network technologies like the TCP/IP stack, firewall management, IDS/IPS, and log collection techniques.
• At least 2 years of experience with CICD, Python and SQL.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end detection engineering: research, development, automation, testing (Attack-and-Defend), and documentation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to work across time zones when required.
• A college degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related domain.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with platforms such as Elastic and Databricks.
• Experience with publishing blogs, Github projects, and speaking engagements.
• Relevant security industry certifications such as CySA+, PNPT, or eJPT.

Responsibilities

• Detection engineering and use-case development.
• ETL, normalization, SQL, python notebooks, anomaly detection.
• Emerging threat research and threat intelligence gathering.
• SOC tier 3 escalation support.
• Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR).
• Adversarial emulation and ethical hacking.
• Incident response and report writing.
• Fun cutting-edge security projects.

Benefits

• Equity, in the form of non-qualifying options
• High-quality health benefits
• Retirement Plan with employer match
• Career-growth opportunities
• Flexible Time Off and Paid Time Off benefits
• Volunteer opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior