Staff Cyber Defense Engineer

🔥 21 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $156.4k - $260.6k / 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

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise detection content through its full lifecycle • Develop and implement cyber defense capabilities, including telemetry integrations, SOAR workflows, response playbooks, and agentic response patterns with human oversight • Conduct proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence, adversary behaviors, and security telemetry • Translate threat-hunting findings into improved detections and controls • Lead complex security investigations, escalations, and emerging or non-traditional risk scenarios • Drive containment, recovery, risk mitigation, root-cause analysis, and durable improvements • Support red and purple team exercises, adversary emulation, detection validation, and simulations • Build scripts, API integrations, and automation to reduce manual effort and improve response consistency • Evaluate security telemetry, detection coverage, and cyber defense tooling • Troubleshoot visibility gaps and implement improvements • Execute cyber readiness activities, including technical exercises, playbook validation, escalation testing, and readiness assessments • Partner across Information Security and IT to strengthen defensive controls • Maintain technical documentation and engineering procedures • Mentor junior engineers and analysts

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 8–12 years of related experience, or Master’s degree and 5–7 years of equivalent industry experience, or PhD and 2–4 years of experience • Demonstrated success independently owning cyber defense solutions and complex technical initiatives • Strong experience with SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, NDR, identity and email telemetry, cloud security technologies, and enterprise networking fundamentals • Strong engineering background in detection logic, automation, telemetry pipelines, API integrations, or security tooling • Proficiency with Python, PowerShell, SPL, KQL, SQL, or similar technologies • Strong knowledge of adversary behaviors, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics fundamentals, detection engineering, cyber threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK • Experience applying automation, AI, or machine-learning capabilities to detection, investigation, or automated response with appropriate human oversight • Ability to independently lead complex investigations, collaborate across teams, mentor practitioners, and communicate technical findings and risk • Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent security certifications may be applicable • 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 and development programs • Career mentorship • Opportunities to attend security conferences • Inclusive and diverse work environment • Home office workplace • Flex workplace option may be available for employees within commuting distance of a Dexcom site