Team Lead Detection Engineer

About Woodside Energy

We are a global energy company providing reliable and affordable energy to help people lead better lives. Join our team at Woodside Global Solutions in Bengaluru where talent digital expertise and operational excellence converge to solve complex energy challenges accelerate change and reimagine business capabilities to support Woodsides global operations and our role in the energy transition.

Founded in 1954 Woodside established the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in Australia 40 years ago and supplies customers around the globe. 70 years on Woodside continues to be driven by a spirit of innovation and determination.

At Woodside we know great results come from our people feeling valued getting the support they need to reach their full potential and working in a psychologically and physically safe work environment. We believe in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.

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About Woodside Global Solutions

Woodside Global Solutions in Bengaluru is being built as a hub of excellence to drive innovation digital transformation and global collaboration.

Working as one Global team the Woodside Digital team is a trusted partner driving transformation within the organisation. We are bold in our ambitions and resolute in our actions. Through cutting-edge AI robust cyber security and advanced data solutions we drive innovation and influence every part of our business.

We are looking for talented professionals who are passionate about technology and eager to make a global impact helping to shape the future of Woodside together.

About the role

The Team Lead Detection Engineer leads detection engineering principles and processes across the full lifecycle setting standards governing workflows and ensuring detections are threat led operationally effective and aligned to response capability. The role coaches and mentors the team provides clear direction into the Detection Factory and drives continuous improvement through metrics assurance and cross team alignment. This position manages the Detection Engineering Factory end to end with accountability for the design delivery quality and operational effectiveness of all detections. This role operates at a strategic level managing team priorities aligned to threat intelligence scaling and developing the detection engineering capability within the team while ensuring consistent delivery of high quality outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Shapes the long term evolution of detection engineering capability ensuring approaches scale across regions platforms and future operating models.
• Translates detection coverage quality and performance metrics into clear insights for Cyber Defense leadership enabling informed risk and investment decisions.
• Drive alignment between Detection Engineering and Cyber Defense operations to optimise alert flow and queue health.
• Manages sprints of work mentor team members and apply structured problem solving to address technical challenges and uplift engineering maturity.
• Builds strong strategic relationships with Cyber Defense Digital and platform teams to ensure detection engineering is integrated into broader security and technology initiatives.

Skills & Experience:

8 years of experience in cybersecurity with significant experience in detection engineering and team leadership.
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Cybersecurity or a related field and/or equivalent experience.
Advanced certifications such as GCDA GSOM - GIAC Security Operations Manager Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert LDR551 / LDR553 (SOC leadership & incident management) GICSP
Familiar with technical threat frameworks such as MITRE ATTACK Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD technologies.
Strong leadership abilities deep understanding of SIEM/XDR log pipelines and telemetry architecture detection rule development and tuning security automation (e.g. SOAR durable automation patterns) and incident response

If you think you can do this job but dont meet all the criteria thats OK! Please apply. At Woodside we value people with diverse experiences and backgrounds as they provide unique perspectives that help us innovate.