VP, Endpoint Detection Engineering

State Street; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street seeks a cybersecurity professional to design and implement detection use cases and support governance boards with production-ready analytics. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive enhanced threat detection and response capabilities.

This role requires hands-on data analysis, scripting, and experience with Splunk and Jira/Confluence. Ideal candidates have a STEM background with cybersecurity certifications and familiarity with high-volume data patterns, SPL/FQL

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in cybersecurity detection engineering gained through a Bachelor's (BSc) in STEM; or through employment or volunteering.
• Industry recognized cybersecurity certifications with demonstrable, hands-on proficiency.
• Proven capability in analysing high-volume datasets to uncover patterns and actionable insights
• Ability to code detection use cases using SPL or FQL.
• Ability to use Splunk for detection engineering.
• Ability to perform data manipulation, analysis, and reporting using Python, r, or similar analytics language.
• Ability to use Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Knowledge of the cyber global threat landscape; cyber adversaries; cyber tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); cyber threat intelligence sources and methods; and malware.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and application telemetry.
• Ability to use Jira and Confluence to develop, document, collaborate, and release use cases into production environments.
• Ability to write polished descriptive and persuasive business documents.
• Ability to craft reasoned explanations for decisions that can withstand audit scrutiny.

Responsibilities

• Draft and deliver detection use cases in Falcon Query Language (FQL) and other security query languages.
• Draft and deliver Jira and Confluence pages about detection use cases following prescribed business processes.
• Investigate threat reports and request for detections to determine if a new detection use case is warranted.
• Present production ready use cases to executive governing boards for review and approval.
• Write detection oriented business cases, project plans, and reasoned explanations for decisions made about detections to support the execution of detection engineering projects.
• Partners with technical and non-technical professionals to enhance detection functions, and to drive better protection and response.

Skills

Threat detection engineering

Data analysis

Python

RegEx

SQL

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Cybersecurity certifications

Tools

Splunk

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Job description

State Street seeks a cybersecurity professional to design and implement detection use cases and support governance boards with production-ready analytics. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive enhanced threat detection and response capabilities.

This role requires hands-on data analysis, scripting, and experience with Splunk and Jira/Confluence. Ideal candidates have a STEM background with cybersecurity certifications and familiarity with high-volume data patterns, SPL/FQL