Cybersecurity Analytics Engineer - Policy Rules & Anomaly Detection

Fortinet, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer, is seeking a Software Engineer (Cybersecurity Analytics & Enforcement) in London. Office based at Moorgate, 4 days a week, to contribute to FortiDLP policy engine and data loss protection initiatives.

You will design configurable policies in Starlark, apply ML techniques to detect anomalies, and collaborate with Go/C/C++ components, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch across the backend.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or closely related field.
• Several years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Java, C, C++, or similar languages; openness to learning Go.
• Familiarity with Python, and Starlark.
• Strong interest in data science, ML, analytics is a plus as applied to behavior analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain policies written in Starlark to detect anomalies.
• Continuously investigate new cybersecurity detection techniques.
• Apply ML and statistical techniques to detect anomalies and identify suspicious behavior.
• Develop data identifiers (e.g. regex) and contribute to backend infrastructure in Go/C/C++ and related tech.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, well-documented code.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Python

Backend development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Starlark

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Go tooling

Job description

Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer, is seeking a Software Engineer (Cybersecurity Analytics & Enforcement) in London. Office based at Moorgate, 4 days a week, to contribute to FortiDLP policy engine and data loss protection initiatives.

You will design configurable policies in Starlark, apply ML techniques to detect anomalies, and collaborate with Go/C/C++ components, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch across the backend.