Staff SIEM Detection Engineer - Ava Labs｜Meet.jobs

The Ava Labs Security team is looking for an experienced and versatile SIEM Detection Engineer. Ava Labs defends against a unique threat landscape with adversaries getting more sophisticated and creative each day. As part of the Security team, you will be a frontline defender and help architect our security infrastructure. You will use your expertise to anticipate and thwart threats, turning the tide in our favor. Your experience as a defender will be vital in building and fortifying the foundation of our defense strategy, enabling us to stay one step ahead of potential threats. By developing innovative detection capabilities and automating security operations, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding our systems against adversaries.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Integrate relevant log sources from various systems and applications to ensure comprehensive data collection
• Develop and optimize detection rules, alerts, and dashboards for effective threat hunting
• Perform data analysis to identify anomalies and potential security incidents
• Automate security operations and incident response processes to scale the capabilities of the team
• Participate in an on-call rotation as a first responder to incidents requiring human intervention
• Research and develop custom tooling to enhance security monitoring and response capabilities
• Stay up-to-date with emerging threats, vulnerabilities and technologies to improve detection and response strategies
• Contribute to the improvement of security policies, procedures, and documentation

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• 10+ years of experience in threat hunting, SIEM management, and incident response
• Experience building content for multiple SIEM platforms
• Demonstrated ability to self-learn and quickly evaluate and adapt new technologies and address emerging threats
• Proficiency in developing and maintaining tools using Python along with experience with debugging tools
• Strong skills in data analysis, including experience with SQL
• Knowledge of anomaly detection techniques and real world experience applying that knowledge
• Passion for diving into the details of a problem and identifying an answer
• Pragmatic approach to solving problems with a theoretical grounding
• Bonus points for experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform/Terragrunt
• Bonus points for any offsec experience, red teaming, pen testing, OSCP, etc

Salary Range: $167,000 to $208,600

(**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)

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