Cybersecurity Senior Engineer – Threat Engineering Detection Team

Truist Bank • Charlotte, NC

23h

About The Position

Seeking a highly skilled Senior Threat Detection Engineer to design, develop, and optimize enterprise-grade detection capabilities across our security platforms. This role demands deep expertise in detection engineering, data pipelines, and advanced analytics combined with proven experience working in highly regulated industries. A critical requirement for this position is hands-on expertise with Anvilogic, including detection-as-code, multi-platform orchestration, and coverage analytics. The role requires practical experience with Splunk, Snowflake/Snowpipe for data ingestion and detection development, and forward-looking familiarity with Cribl /Databahn for scalable telemetry routing and enrichment. The ideal candidate will bring both technical mastery and a strategic mindset, helping our organization stay ahead of evolving adversary tactics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience in systems engineering or administration or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge in applied enterprise information security technologies including but not limited to firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, network operating systems, identity management, database activity monitoring, encryption, content filtering, and Mainframe security.
• Previous experience in leading complex IT projects

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience in detection engineering, threat engineering, or a related security role
• Strong expertise in Splunk SPL and detection development
• Proficiency with SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, including: Authoring SQL-based detections and threat hunts Designing and managing Snowpipe pipelines for security data ingestion
• Proven Splunk and Snowflake administration experience
• Demonstrated ability to align detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience operating in highly regulated industries
• Hands-on experience with Anvilogic (detection-as-code, orchestration, coverage analytics, lifecycle management)
• Hands-on experience with Cribl/Databahn or similar for log routing, enrichment, and observability pipelines cost-optimized telemetry and data engineering integration
• Relevant certifications: Splunk Certified Architect, SnowPro Core/Advanced, GIAC (GCDA, GCED, etc.)
• Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge in applied enterprise information security technologies
• Previous experience in leading complex IT projects
• Experience with No-Code/Low-Code Security Detection Engineering tools
• Python development experience
• Banking or financial services experience
• Docker, Kubernetes, containerization pipeline, and deployment experience
• Other security certifications (e.g. GSEC, GCED, GPPA, etc.)
• Experience operationalizing Cyber use cases with Large Language Models (LLMs)

Responsibilities

• Detection Engineering : Design, develop, and maintain high-fidelity detections across Splunk, Snowflake, and related platforms.
• Content Development : Author SPL-based detections (Splunk) and SQL-based queries (Snowflake, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Snowflake Engineering: Design and optimize queries within Snowflake for detection logic and threat hunting. Configure and maintain Snowpipe pipelines for real-time and batch ingestion of security-relevant data. Partner with data engineering to ensure schema design and ingestion pipelines support scalable detection use cases.
• Pipeline Engineering (Future State): Design and maintain integrations with Cribl/Databahn (or similar platforms) for log routing, transformation, and observability pipeline efficiency, telemetry enrichment, normalization, and cost-optimized data movement.
• Platform Administration : Provide administrative expertise for Splunk and Snowflake environments, ensuring resilience, scalability, and performance.
• Threat Modeling & Framework Alignment : Map detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework to ensure comprehensive threat coverage.
• Anvilogic-Driven Detection Engineering: Use detection-as-code workflows for structured creation, testing, and deployment of detections. Leverage Anvilogic content packs and extend/customize them for organization-specific threats. Orchestrate multi-platform detection deployment across Splunk, Snowflake, and other SIEM/data lake platforms. Apply coverage analytics within Anvilogic to identify detection gaps and validate against MITRE ATT&CK. Manage the full lifecycle of detections including creation, validation, deployment, tuning, and retirement within Anvilogic. Collaborate with SOC and IR teams to streamline workflows and reduce false positives using Anvilogic-driven integration.
• Regulatory Alignment : Engineer detection solutions with compliance in mind (e.g., PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA).
• Collaboration : Partner with SOC, IR, Threat Intel, Red/Purple, Continuous Security Validation, and Data Engineering teams to validate detections, minimize false positives, and strengthen visibility.

Benefits

• All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position.
• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees