Detection and Response Engineer

Melbourne, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

We are building a new Information Security program and you will be the first Detection and Response Engineer. This is a hands-on role where you will design and implement detection capabilities from the ground up focusing on proactive threat identification automated response and intelligence driven security operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct a focused threat modelling exercise to identify key risks and gaps including additional log sources required for the SIEM rollout and AI system monitoring.
Develop and maintain detections using a Detection-as-Code approach iterating based on threat modelling outcomes and emerging threat intelligence.
Design implement and optimise automated triage and investigation playbooks to accelerate response times.
Integrate threat intelligence feeds into the SIEM and a dedicated AI agent for enriched detection and context.
Conduct priority threat hunting exercises targeting the highest risk areas of the environment.
Collaborate with SOC IT and engineering teams to ensure logs alerts and detection rules are actionable and effective.
Document and communicate findings detections and lessons learned to inform broader security strategy.

Required Skills & Experience:

Hands-on experience in detection engineering & threat hunting
Strong familiarity with SIEM platforms log ingestion and analytics.
Experience with Detection-as-Code methodologies
Understanding of threat modelling and risk-based detection prioritisation.

Required Experience:

Job DescriptionWe are building a new Information Security program and you will be the first Detection and Response Engineer. This is a hands-on role where you will design and implement detection capabilities from the ground up focusing on proactive threat identification automated response and intell...