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Senior Threat Detection Engineer - Intelligence

Austin💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-05 → 2026-07-31

Core

Translating external threat intelligence into actionable detections for cloud and SaaS environments, leading complex investigations, and partnering with engineering to drive security by design.

Role type

Senior Threat Detection & Intelligence Engineer

Builds

Custom, high-fidelity detections for cloud and SaaS environments; context-aware detection strategies

Domain

Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence / Incident Response

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Threat intelligence analysis, attacker TTP analysis, cloud-native security (AWS), Python scripting, SQL querying, incident response, digital forensics, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), detection platform management

Preferred skills

Experience automating security workflows, analyzing large datasets, explaining technical risk in business terms

Technologies

Python, SQL, Terraform, AWS, cloud security telemetry, logging platforms, detection platforms

Responsibilities

Track emerging threats and attacker campaigns relevant to cloud/SaaS; design and maintain context-aware detections across cloud, identity, and application layers; lead deep investigations from first signal to root cause; act as technical lead during security incidents; analyze detection trends to improve preventative controls; partner with engineering to raise security maturity

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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