Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection and Response

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120 - $137 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ 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

• Investigate security incidents using digital forensics and data analysis • Proactively hunt for threats and unusual activity across corporate and production environments • Build automation and detection models to identify unusual activity and speed up response at scale • Work with engineering teams to design and deliver advanced detection solutions • Identify infrastructure visibility gaps and partner to close them through improved logging and detection • Lead complex investigations with Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and other cross-functional partners • Use incident lessons and root cause analysis to drive lasting security improvements • Mentor team members and help define detection and response processes • Detect, investigate, and respond to internal and external security threats • Shape and execute the team’s detection and incident response strategy

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in security operations, including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, or detection engineering • Proficiency in Python or another scripting language • Experience automating security detection and response • Working knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks and their application to the current threat landscape • Ability to lead through influence in complex, ambiguous situations • Ability to stay calm, collaborative, and decisive in high-pressure situations • Strong organization, prioritization, and multitasking skills • Self-motivated, creative problem-solver who works well independently • Familiarity with Elasticsearch preferred • Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS preferred • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits • Full-time, 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday)