Sr. Manager, Threat Detection Engineering

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Docusign is seeking an experienced and visionary Sr. Manager of Threat Detection Engineering to lead our team of talented detection this critical role you will be responsible for defining implementing and optimizing Docusigns threat detection and data pipeline capabilities ensuring robust protection across our cloud on-premise and corporate environments. You will lead a high-performing team focused on developing scalable effective and automated detection and response solutions that anticipate and mitigate sophisticated cyber threats. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise a developer and engineering-focused mindset leadership acumen and a strategic approach to enhance our security posture and enable rapid incident response with a keen eye on leveraging AI and advanced techniques and a focus on the underlying data infrastructure and SIEM platform.

This position is a people manager role reporting to the Sr. Director of Security Operations.

Responsibility

• Recruit mentor and grow a team of skilled threat detection engineers fostering a culture of excellence innovation and continuous learning with a strong emphasis on software development and engineering principles

• Plan team strategy resource allocation and hiring to support DocuSigns growth and evolving security needs

• Develop and champion a comprehensive strategic vision and technical roadmap for threat detection capabilities across Docusigns diverse technology stack

• Stay abreast of emerging threats attacker TTPs and industry standards to inform detection priorities with a focus on engineering efficiency and scalability

• Take direct ownership of the security data pipeline and SIEM platform including overseeing the collection ingestion processing and storage of security telemetry ensuring the platform is optimized for performance scalability and reliability to support all threat detection needs

• Work closely with infrastructure teams to maintain and uplift the underlying data infrastructure

• Lead the full lifecycle of threat detection from designing instrumentation and telemetry systems to creating testing deploying and enhancing behavioral rule-based and machine learning detections

• Emphasize an engineering approach to ensure high fidelity accuracy and efficiency of detections including the implementation of Detection-as-Code principles

• Collaborate closely with the Incident Response team to translate threat intelligence into actionable detections automate response workflows and reduce mean time to detect and mean time to respond

• Participate in post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement applying engineering rigor to the process

• Drive the adoption and integration of new detection technologies frameworks and processes

• Architect and maintain scalable automated security discovery and containment systems leveraging SIEM/SOAR platforms EDR network traffic analysis tools and cloud-native security solutions with an engineering focus on reliability and performance

• Partner effectively with engineering product and other security teams (e.g. Threat Intelligence Security Engineering Red Team) to ensure comprehensive coverage address blind spots and instill security monitoring best practices throughout the software development lifecycle promoting a collaborative engineering environment

• Establish and author repeatable and scalable processes around detection and automation engineering including Detection-as-Code principles and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for detections

• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of detection capabilities and team engineering output

• Distill complex technical security concepts into clear concise communications for both technical and non-technical customers including senior leadership

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a positions job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

Basic

• 8 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with at least 3 years in a dedicated threat detection engineering role

• 3 years of proven experience in an engineering management role with a track record of building mentoring and scaling security teams with an engineering-focused culture

• Experience building detection programs at scale in large complex cloud-inclusive environments (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) applying sound engineering principles

• Experience in the design implementation and management of security data pipelines and SIEM platforms

• Experience with cyber threat landscape attacker tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) and frameworks such as MITRE ATTCK

• Experience in detection rule languages (e.g. SPL KQL) and advanced query development with an understanding of the underlying data structures and query optimization

• Experience with writing detections based on diverse security signals and telemetry (e.g. network traffic endpoint logs cloud logs) with an engineering approach to signal processing and analysis

• Experience with security tools and technologies such as SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g. Splunk Sentinel) EDR IDS/IPS network traffic analysis tools (e.g. Zeek Suricata Yara) and cloud security solutions with an understanding of their architecture and integration

• Experience with scripting/programming (e.g. Python Go Bash PowerShell) for security tooling automation and API integrations with a focus on writing clean maintainable and efficient code

• Experience analyzing and interpreting large datasets and logs to identify security risks and events applying data engineering and analysis techniques

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Detection-as-Code practices including version control testing and automated deployment of detections

• Experience with AI and Machine Learning applications in threat detection and security including the ability to evaluate implement and manage AI-based detection solutions and secure AI/ML systems

• Experience with data pipeline technologies and architectures including data collection ingestion processing and storage for security data with hands-on experience managing and optimizing these systems

• Experience with SIEM platform administration configuration and optimization including data onboarding parsing correlation rule development and dashboard creation

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically balance long-term goals with immediate operational needs and drive high-impact work with an engineering perspective

Preferred

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams influence stakeholders and drive consensus fostering a collaborative engineering environment

• Passion for continuous learning operational excellence and a proactive adversarial mindset with a commitment to improving engineering processes and outcomes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail and an engineering approach to root cause analysis

• Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills with the ability to convey technical findings and recommendations to diverse audiences including explaining complex engineering concepts

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field

• Advanced degree or security certifications (e.g. GIAC CISSP)

• Experience with anomaly detection machine learning and statistical analysis of user behavior patterns for security purposes

• Background in security-focused software engineering or offensive security

• History of speaking at security conferences or publishing research

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Based on applicable legislation the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

Illinois Colorado Massachusetts and Minnesota: $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

Washington Maryland New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

Washington DC: $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

Ohio: $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen be honest and try our best to do whats right every day. At Docusign everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed to be heard to exchange ideas openly to build lasting relationships and to do the work of their life. Best of all you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that youll be loved by us our customers and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

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Its important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience skill aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race ethnicity color age sex religion national origin ancestry pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability registered domestic partner status caregiver status marital status veteran or military status or any other legally protected category.

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