Senior Principal Engineer - Security & Detections
Core
Analyze multi-stage attack behavior sequences and translate complex threat patterns into highly deterministic signatures for network defense.
Role type
Senior Principal Security & Detection Engineer
Builds
High-performance detection signatures and automated testing pipelines for inline engines
Domain
Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, Network Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
signature development, evasion defense, detection-as-code, threat modeling, automated regression testing, false positive tuning, version pinning, dependency management
Preferred skills
AI security frameworks, OWASP LLM frameworks, Python scripting, Regex, MITRE ATT&CK framework
Technologies
Python, Regex, inline engines, automated testing pipelines
Responsibilities
Analyze complex attack sequences to create precise signatures; Develop and maintain high-performance signatures for inline enforcement; Own the signature lifecycle from research to deprecation; Drive continuous false positive tuning; Implement version pinning strategies; Partner with ML teams to integrate behavioral signatures.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC