Senior Security Engineer, Insider Threat

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130 - $142 / hour

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Maleda Tech

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🎯 Recruiter

Consulting • Logistics • Recruitment

Maleda Tech is a global contingent workforce solutions provider offering Employer of Record (EOR) services, Managed Service Provider (MSP) programs, Vendor Management System (VMS) implementation, staff augmentation, recruiting, strategic sourcing, tail spend management, and legal/contract operations. They position themselves as a personalized, boutique partner focused on risk compliance and efficient hiring, with an emphasis on diversity (committed to recruiting at least 85% of employees from diverse backgrounds). The company also runs immersive training and mentorship programs to build candidate pipelines and has operations in the Bay Area (California, US) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

📋 Description

• Identify visibility gaps across the environment and partner with business teams to close them through improved logging and detection coverage • Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24/7 threat detection and incident response coverage • Apply coding, data analytics, and investigative skills to hunt, detect, and respond to insider threats • Develop detection logic to identify data abuse and data exfiltration at scale • Build automation and detection models to identify anomalous activity and support response efforts • Proactively hunt for insider threats across corporate and production environments • Collaborate with engineering teams to design advanced detection solutions, and partner closely with HR and Legal on complex investigations • Design and consult on countermeasures to mitigate insider threat risk • Contribute to security awareness messaging and training initiatives • Provide subject-matter expertise during insider threat incident response activities

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in security operations, including detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics, and/or threat intelligence • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience • Exposure to data science and analytics approaches applied to insider threat detection • Experience with insider threat technologies such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) • Solid understanding of how insider threat and incident response coordinate during active investigations • Working knowledge of insider threat challenges specific to consumer-facing (B2C) companies • Familiarity with the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks and their application to insider threat scenarios • Experience automating security detection and response workflows • Proficiency in Python and SQL • Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) preferred • Strong self-direction, organization, and prioritization skills, with the ability to stay composed and effective in high-stress situations • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• 24/7 threat detection and incident response coverage through an on-call rotation