Sr Threat Detection Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Summary of the role:

The Threat Detection Engineer plays an integral role in the protection of the brand and works directly with the Director of Threat Engineering and the broader Global Information Security (GIS) team. This role focuses on both fraud detection and cloud security detection engineering. The priorities and directives are consistent with the vision of the CISO across Levi Strauss & Company globally.

The Threat Detection Engineer will take a lead role in safeguarding LS&Co.s information and technology assets critical suppliers and consumers against the evolving threat landscape allowing LS&Co. to make threat informed cybersecurity decisions to strengthen LS&Co.s cybersecurity posture. This individual will work to detect monitor and respond to security incidents in realtime.

This position will support LS&Cos Threat Detection Engineering environment and is responsible for collaborating with various groups including the Security Operation Center to consume validate and create detection content across the enterprise. This role is responsible for developing testing and refining detection capabilities to identify fraudulent activity and cloudbased threats across our environment with automation of process and playbooks.

The ideal candidate has experience working with SIEMs log analysis and detection frameworks with a strong background in threat detection fraud patterns and cloud security monitoring. This role will collaborate closely with security operations incident response and cyber threat intelligence teams to improve detection efficacy and reduce risk.

About the role:

• Design implement and optimize fraud detection mechanisms to identify anomalous and malicious activity.

• Develop cloudbased detection capabilities for AWS Azure and GCP environments.

• Write test and deploy detection rules and analytics in SIEMs EDR and cloudnative security tools.

• Build detections for insider threats account takeovers payment fraud and identity abuse.

• Monitor IAM API logs serverless functions and cloud workloads for security anomalies.

• Work with threat intelligence to integrate TTPbased detections into cloud and fraud defense strategies.

• Automate log analysis alerting and response using Python Powershell or other scripting languages.

• Tune and enhance detection logic to reduce false positives while maintaining high detection accuracy.

• Develop and document detection engineering processes playbooks and threat models.

• Collaborate with fraud teams SOC analysts and cloud security engineers to improve response workflows.

About you:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science information systems cyber security or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.

• CISSP or equivalent certifications and experience.

• 3 years of experience in detection engineering threat detection or security operations.

• Handson experience with SIEMs (e.g. Splunk Sentinel Chronicle Elastic or QRadar).

• Experience developing fraud detection logic focusing on transactional fraud behavioral analytics and account abuse.

• Expertise in cloud security monitoring for AWS Azure and/or GCP.

• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Sigma and log analysis.

• Proficiency in query languages (KQL SPL SQL) and scripting (Python Bash or PowerShell).

• Familiarity with IAM abuse API security and cloudnative threat hunting.

• Experience working with log aggregation anomaly detection and MLbased fraud detection techniques.

• Experience with SOAR automation and security workflow orchestration.

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a security mindset.

Benefits
We put a lot of thought into our programs to provide you with a benefits package that matters. Whether it is for medical care taking time off improving your health or planning for retirement weve got you covered.

Heres a small snapshot:

• Complimentary preventive health checkup for you & your spouse

• OPD coverage

• Best in class leave plan including paternity & family care leaves

• Counselling sessions to prioritizing mental wellbeing

• Exclusive discount vouchers on Levis products

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to empowering individuals from all walks of life to achieve their professional goals with us regardless of race religion gender gender identity pregnancy disability sexual orientation age national origin citizenship status or genetic information. We actively seek and encourage applications from diverse candidates including those with disabilities and offer accommodations throughout the selection process upon request.

To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyones perspectives and experience we never discriminate based on race religion national origin gender identity or expression sexual orientation age or marital veteran or disability status.

LOCATION

FULL TIME/PART TIME

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