Senior Threat Detection & Emulation Engineer

If youre interested in this role please apply in English and include an English version of your CV.

The Role:

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team thats revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee youll be part of a continually growing organization working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide contributing to global health initiatives.

Modernas commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience with the potential to make a significant impact on patients lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw Poland a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions meeting the growing demand of Modernas global business operations. Were inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.

As a Senior Threat Detection & Emulation Engineer youll play a critical role in advancing Modernas global security operations by enhancing detection logic executing adversary emulation and elevating our defense capabilities across hybrid environments. You will bring advanced detection engineering incident response and automation skills to operationalize threat intelligence simulate adversary behavior and improve signal-to-noise ratios. Your work will enable rapid containment of emerging threats and drive forward Modernas digital defense posture in the biotech and life sciences sectors.

This is a highly technical hands-on role that operates at the intersection of blue team analytics and red team validation. You will collaborate closely with security operations intelligence IT engineering and red team units using your expertise to contribute directly to Modernas global cyber resilience.

Heres What Youll Do:

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Developing implementing and continuously refining high-fidelity detections in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender.

• Aligning detection logic to MITRE ATT&CK and real-world adversary TTPs to ensure broad and deep coverage.

• Executing adversary emulation using frameworks such as Atomic Red Team custom-built simulations and other red team tooling.

• Tuning detection pipelines to reduce false positives while enhancing visibility and enrichment using contextual threat intelligence.

• Building and maintaining enrichment pipelines and automating correlation and triage through detection-as-code methodologies.

• Documenting detection gaps and coordinating with engineering teams to remediate coverage limitations.

• Establishing and measuring detection efficacy KPIs and response performance through custom reporting and dashboards.

• Developing and maintaining detection documentation runbooks and automated validation tests.

• Driving SOAR integrations to streamline containment and remediation workflows.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Leading and supporting incident investigations through root cause analysis and collaboration with infrastructure and cloud teams.

• Driving purple-team operations and enabling detection validation through controlled emulation exercises.

• Partnering with red teams and IT engineers to operationalize IOCs TTPs and threat intelligence into actionable detections.

• Monitoring emerging threats specific to the biotech/life sciences industries and ensuring proactive detection coverage.

• Supporting continuous improvement and maturity of Modernas detection and response posture across global operations.

The key Moderna Mindsets youll need to succeed in the role:

• We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.
  This role lives at the frontier of automation detection-as-code and security engineering. Success here means building scalable code-driven detection logic and enrichment pipelines that enable speed accuracy and global impact.

• We obsess over learning. We dont have to be the smartest; we have to learn the fastest.
  Threat landscapes evolve rapidly your ability to continuously simulate adversaries iterate on detections and learn from incident patterns will be vital to Modernas ability to anticipate and neutralize cyber threats globally.

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Security or a related discipline.

• 6 years of experience in cybersecurity software engineering and/or IT with subject matter expertise in areas such as threat detection detections engineering response or threat hunting.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and CrowdStrike Falcon.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell for automation and enrichment.

• Understanding of cloud security architectures (AWS Azure GCP) and modern detection telemetry.

• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK NIST and CIS frameworks for threat mapping and control alignment.

• Proficiency in English (verbal and/or written) required due to global collaboration needs.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna we believe that when you feel your best you can do your best work. Thats why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support youat work at home and everywhere in between.

• Best-in-class healthcare plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs

• A holistic approach to well-being with access to fitness mindfulness and mental health support

• Family building benefits including fertility adoption and surrogacy support

• Generous paid time off including vacation bank holidays volunteer days sabbatical global recharge days and a discretionary year-end shutdown

• Savingsandinvestments to help you plan for the future

• Location-specific perks and extras

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010 we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform theinfrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.

By living our mission values and mindsets every day our peopleare the driving force behind our scientific progress and our we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients our employees the environment and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

As we build our company we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation teamwork and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn contribute and make a meaningful impact.

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.

Moderna is a smoke-free alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day please apply!

Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry or citizenship ethnicity disability military or protected veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital or familial status or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Were focused on attracting retaining developing and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences backgrounds and ideas we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at .

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