Detection & Mitigation Engineer

Cloudflare•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cloudflare is a system spanning the globe, on a mission to make the internet better, safer, and more powerful everyday. To help fulfill this mission, we are seeking a talented Security Detections Engineer to identify, track, and defeat sophisticated threats and abuse across our platform. In this position, you will examine and mitigate threats in real-time, leveraging emerging technologies to build detections that protect millions of people from various forms of attacks and abuse. Your efforts will help us in our constant pursuit of reaching far beyond today’s security market. As a Detection and Mitigation Engineer, your analytical thinking and quick action will be the key to our success. You will identify Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of ongoing and ever-evolving cyber attacks to protect our global customer base. You will work in close collaboration with team members to develop new and innovative ways to present and interact with our unique insights. You will stop the adversary.

Requirements

Experience in one of the following: Data analysis, Metadata analysis, or Network Traffic analysis
A passion for analyzing attacker TTPs at varying levels
Ability to understand the latest security trends as they relate to platform threats and abuse
Experience using a comprehensive data analysis platform and rule configuration
Understanding of the cyber threat landscape, cyber intelligence, and working knowledge of threat actors and their techniques
Experience tracking and analyzing cyber campaigns utilizing technical Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
Working knowledge of SQL and devising SQL queries
Python or other scripting experience
Ability to synthesize technical information and document it in a non-technical manner through both graphical and verbal representation
Capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders

Responsibilities

Examine and mitigate threats in real-time
Leverage emerging technologies to build detections that protect millions of people from various forms of attacks and abuse
Identify Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of ongoing and ever-evolving cyber attacks to protect our global customer base
Work in close collaboration with team members to develop new and innovative ways to present and interact with our unique insights
Stop the adversary