Senior Cyber Defense Engineer

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $181k - $301.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Dexcom

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1999

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Consulting • Manufacturing

Dexcom is a leading provider of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, revolutionizing how people manage diabetes and track their glucose levels. Known for their best-in-class glucose biosensing technology, Dexcom offers products like the Dexcom G7 CGM system, which provides real-time glucose monitoring and insights to help individuals become healthier. Founded in 1999, Dexcom has consistently innovated in the field of diabetes management, empowering users to take control of their health with accurate and advanced glucose monitoring solutions. Their products are designed for both adults and children and do not require a prescription.

📋 Description

• Influence the technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise Cyber Defense capabilities • Serve as technical authority for cyber defense architecture • Establish design principles, telemetry standards, integration patterns, and engineering practices • Own the enterprise detection engineering lifecycle, including detection logic, correlation rules, use cases, telemetry requirements, validation, tuning, and efficacy measurement • Design and engineer advanced detections, telemetry integrations, SOAR workflows, and agentic response patterns with human oversight • Lead major cross-functional cyber defense initiatives and technology transformations • Resolve complex dependencies, technical tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions • Provide senior technical leadership during complex cyber incidents and emerging or non-traditional risk scenarios • Drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and durable defensive improvements • Define the technical approach for threat hunting and adversary validation • Drive cyber readiness engineering through technical exercises, playbook validation, and escalation testing • Identify and remediate systemic defense gaps • Translate technical risk for senior leaders • Mentor engineers and analysts to strengthen technical maturity

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and minimum of 13+ years related experience, or Master’s degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience, or PhD and 5+ years of experience • Demonstrated success leading complex cyber defense initiatives across organizational boundaries • Deep expertise with SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, NDR, identity and email telemetry, and cloud security technologies • Experience in large-scale cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments • Strong engineering background in detection logic, automation, telemetry pipelines, API integrations, or security tooling • Experience using Python, PowerShell, SPL, KQL, SQL, or similar technologies • Deep knowledge of adversary behaviors, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics fundamentals, detection engineering, cyber threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK • Experience applying AI or machine-learning capabilities to detection, investigation, or automated response, including performance measurement and appropriate human oversight • Ability to operate as a senior technical authority, influence leaders without formal authority, mentor senior practitioners, and make sound decisions in high-stakes situations • Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent advanced security certifications may be advantageous • Travel required: 0–5%

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Wellness programs • Performance incentives • Opportunities for advancement • Flexible work arrangements • Unlimited paid time off • In-house training • Development programs • Career mentorship • Opportunities to attend security conferences • Inclusive, diverse work environment • Home office workplace • Hybrid working environment may be available for employees within commuting distance of a Dexcom site • Flex workplace option