Posted Oct 11, 2026

Senior Threat Detection Engineer

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This is a Fully Remote Job About Our Client: This organization operates in the telemetry infrastructure space, supporting IT and security teams at large enterprises, including many in the Fortune 100. It addresses the challenge of managing and analyzing telemetry data to bridge the gap between AI ambitions and infrastructure capabilities, providing customers with flexible telemetry management and analysis solutions. About the Opportunity: The SENIOR THREAT DETECTION ENGINEER role focuses on protecting the organization by leading detection as code efforts within the internal security team. This position involves developing and maintaining detection rules, hunting for new threats, and supporting incident response. The role is critical to improving security posture by ensuring timely threat detection and response, partnering across teams, and enhancing detection infrastructure. Responsibilities: Design, build, test, and tune detections as code through a GitOps workflow Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK and identify coverage gaps Review and decide on adoption of community and vendor detection rules Tune and retire rules to reduce alert noise and improve quality Plan and execute hypothesis-driven threat hunts across diverse telemetry Use adversary emulation to generate test events for detections Translate hunt findings into detections and documentation Participate in incident response rotation for triage and investigation Conduct retrospectives and update playbooks and detections Write and maintain consistent runbooks Support the health and maintenance of security log pipelines Build and maintain telemetry data pipelines before SIEM ingestion Maintain CI/CD and automation for detection deployment Work independently and develop team processes and tools Mentor team members through code review and documentation Collaborate with IT, Infrastructure, Engineering, and GRC teams Participate in stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties Requirements: 5+ years in security operations with focus on detection engineering, threat hunting, or incident response Experience writing and maintaining detections as code in a modern SIEM Strong Python skills and proficiency with Git workflows and CI/CD Strong skills in KQL for writing detection queries Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK for coverage analysis Experience investigating incidents in cloud environments and SaaS Hands-on experience with log pipelines and data parsing Ability to distinguish real signals from noise and escalate appropriately Clear technical and non-technical writing skills Routine use of AI in engineering work with practical examples Bonus: experience with telemetry pipeline tools, Sigma rules, adversary emulation, AI-assisted security workflows, and relevant certifications Pay Range and Compensation Package: The salary for this role depends on geographic location and is based on the candidate's knowledge, skills, and experience Eligible to participate in the Corporate Bonus Program Benefits & Perks: Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Short-term disability insurance Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin. Note: TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.