Senior Threat Research Engineer - Taiwan
Core
Establish the Taiwan detection engineering function and research cloud, identity, and SaaS threats to translate attacker behavior into actionable detection opportunities.
Role type
Senior Threat Research Engineer (Detection Engineering)
Builds
Scalable detection capabilities, production processing pipelines, and detection testing frameworks.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Identity Security, SaaS Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Detection engineering, threat research, security analytics, incident response, threat hunting, attacker behavior analysis, identity threats, cloud security, modern enterprise SaaS, production detection development, large security dataset analysis, data analysis, query languages, scripting, programming languages, detection lifecycle management, detection quality measurement.
Preferred skills
Identity security, SaaS security, cloud detection and response, SIEM, UEBA, EDR, XDR, MITRE ATT&CK, detection-as-code, machine learning, generative AI, real-world intrusions, incident response teams, globally distributed APAC teams, Mandarin.
Technologies
Cloud platforms, Identity platforms, SaaS platforms, SIEM, UEBA, EDR, XDR, MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.
Responsibilities
Establish technical direction, operating model, quality standards, and hiring plan for the detection engineering function; Design, author, test, maintain, and tune detection rules and behavioral detection models; Define telemetry, enrichment, correlation, and historical context requirements; Partner with platform and data engineering teams to build scalable detection capabilities; Develop frameworks for detection testing, simulation, coverage measurement, versioning, and release management; Investigate false positives and false negatives to improve detection logic and data quality; Document detection intent, evidence, expected behavior, limitations, and recommended response actions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities.