Cloud Threat Detection Engineer | Security & Response

tsys; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Learning and development

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a Detection Engineer - Cloud Security to design and deliver advanced cloud threat detections that protect our payment platforms and services worldwide. You will work at the intersection of security engineering, cloud tech, and threat detection, shaping detections and improving response readiness across a global team.

You will influence security strategy, collaborate with global teams, and drive outcomes that strengthen resilience against evolving threats while enabling

Qualifications

• Proven experience in security engineering, detection engineering, or cloud security, with hands-on success building and improving detection capabilities within AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise developing security detection logic, including SIEM platforms such as Splunk, KQL, CNAPP solutions.
• Experience applying detection-as-code principles, including Git, CI/CD, and software engineering practices that improve quality, scalability, and reliability.
• Solid understanding of cloud threat behaviors and the MITRE ATT&CK framework, with the ability to translate threat intelligence into effective detection and response capabilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of documenting solutions, sharing knowledge, and influencing stakeholders to achieve stronger security outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and delivery of cloud threat detections, creating scalable and effective detection capabilities that identify real-world attack activity and strengthen the security posture of Global Payments' cloud environments.
• Shape detection engineering standards and practices, implementing detection-as-code methodologies that improve consistency, accelerate deployment, and increase the long-term effectiveness of security operations.
• Enhance threat visibility across cloud platforms, designing correlation logic and detection content that improve signal quality, reduce false positives, and enable faster, more confident response actions.
• Influence security outcomes through cross-functional collaboration, partnering with Cloud Security Operations and Global Security Operations Center teams to deliver actionable detections that improve response readiness and reduce organizational risk.
• Advance continuous improvement in cloud defense capabilities, validating detection effectiveness through testing and simulation while identifying opportunities to expand coverage, address gaps, and strengthen resilience against evolving threats.

Skills

Cloud security

Detection engineering

SIEM

CI/CD

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud platforms

Communication skills

Tools

Splunk

KQL

CNAPP

Kubernetes security

Job description

Global Payments is seeking a Detection Engineer - Cloud Security to design and deliver advanced cloud threat detections that protect our payment platforms and services worldwide. You will work at the intersection of security engineering, cloud tech, and threat detection, shaping detections and improving response readiness across a global team.

You will influence security strategy, collaborate with global teams, and drive outcomes that strengthen resilience against evolving threats while enabling