Detection Engineer - AVP

State StreetQuincy, MA
$90,000 - $157,500

About The Position

Global Cybersecurity (GCS) protects State Street and its clients from the impact of cyber-attacks against systems by understanding the risks these attacks present and mitigating them through a robust, continuously evolving, cybersecurity program and control environment. This role is responsible for detecting possible cybersecurity attacks and compromises and sending cogent alerts for analysis by the security operations center.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience in cybersecurity detection engineering gained through a Bachelor’s (BSc) in STEM; or through employment or volunteering.
  • Industry recognized cybersecurity certifications with demonstrable, hands-on proficiency.
  • Proven capability in analysing high-volume datasets to uncover patterns and actionable insights
  • Ability to code detection use cases using SPL or FQL.
  • Ability to use Splunk for detection engineering.
  • Ability to perform data manipulation, analysis, and reporting using Python, r, or similar analytics language.
  • Ability to use Structured Query Language (SQL).
  • Knowledge of the cyber global threat landscape; cyber adversaries; cyber tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); cyber threat intelligence sources and methods; and malware.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure and application telemetry.
  • Ability to use Jira and Confluence to develop, document, collaborate, and release use cases into production environments.
  • Ability to write polished descriptive and persuasive business documents.
  • Ability to craft reasoned explanations for decisions that can withstand audit scrutiny.

Nice To Haves

  • Ethical hacking, data analytics, military cyber operations, penetration testing, cyber defense, and cyber transformation program management.
  • Broad knowledge of cyber security software, business processes, organizational structure, and challenges.
  • Software development and scripting experience using RegEx, PERL, Python, or Powershell.
  • Ability to create polished presentations in PowerPoint, PowerBI, or other data visualization tools.
  • Experience at a large, multi-national financial services firm.
  • Experience at a large, multi-national technology consulting firm.

Responsibilities

  • Draft and deliver detection use cases in Falcon Query Language (FQL) and other security query languages.
  • Draft and deliver Jira and Confluence pages about detection use cases following prescribed business processes.
  • Investigate threat reports and request for detections to determine if a new detection use case is warranted.
  • Present production ready use cases to executive governing boards for review and approval.
  • Write detection oriented business cases, project plans, and reasoned explanations for decisions made about detections to support the execution of detection engineering projects.
  • Partners with technical and non-technical professionals to enhance detection functions, and to drive better protection and response.

Benefits

  • Our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
  • Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
  • Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program
  • Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
  • Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
  • Inclusive development opportunities
  • Flexible work-life support
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Vibrant employee networks
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