Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection and Response

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🕒 July 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140 - $160 / 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

• Perform investigations of security incidents using digital forensics and data analytics • Use coding, data analytics, and investigation skills to hunt, detect, and respond to threats • Build automation and detection models to identify anomalous activity and mitigate threats at scale • Proactively hunt for threats in corporate and production environments • Partner with engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions and carry out complex investigations • Identify infrastructure gaps and work with business partners to improve visibility through logging and detection • Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams for efficient, large-scale response • Define and execute the vision for threat detection and incident response capabilities • Mentor teammates

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in security operations, including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering • Proficiency in Python or another scripting language • Frequent use of SQL and Pandas • Experience automating security detection and response • Working knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks and their application to the threat landscape • Ability to work independently with minimal guidance • Ability to lead through influence in complex, ambiguous situations • Ability to remain calm, collaborative, and expedient in critical high-stress situations • Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills • Familiarity with Elasticsearch preferred • Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Possibility of contract extension • Full-time schedule, 40 hours per week