Detection & Mitigation Engineer

Webhosting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan eligibility

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Security Detections Engineer in Austin, TX to identify, track, and mitigate sophisticated threats in real-time. You will work with evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to protect millions of users and organizations globally.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven detection development, and clear communication of threat intelligence to technical and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in data, metadata, or network traffic analysis to identify threats.

Responsibilities

• Identify, track, and defeat sophisticated threats and abuse across the platform.

Skills

Data analysis

Metadata analysis

Network Traffic analysis

Attacker TTPs analysis

Security trends analysis

IOCs analysis

SQL

Python

Threat intelligence communication

Written communications

Mentoring

Education

BS in Computer Science / Information Technology / Information Security / Computer Security / Information Systems

Tools

YARA

Snort

Suricata

Job description

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a “normalized” problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available locations: Austin, TX

About the department

Cloudforce One is Cloudflare’s threat operations and research team, responsible for identifying and disrupting cyber threats ranging from sophisticated cyber criminal activity to nation-state sponsored advanced persistent threats (APTs). Cloudforce One works in close partnership with external organizations and internal Cloudflare teams, continuously developing operational tradecraft and expanding ever-growing sources of threat intelligence to enable expedited threat hunting and remediation. Members of Cloudforce One are at the helm of leveraging an incredibly vast and varied set of data points that only one of the world’s largest global networks can provide. The team is able to analyze these unique data points, at massive scale and efficiency, synthesizing findings into actionable threat intelligence to better protect our customers.

About the role

Cloudflare is a system spanning the globe, on a mission to make the internet better, safer, and more powerful everyday. To help fulfill this mission, we are seeking a talented Security Detections Engineer to identify, track, and defeat sophisticated threats and abuse across our platform. In this position, you will examine and mitigate threats in real-time, leveraging emerging technologies to build detections that protect millions of people from various forms of attacks and abuse. Your efforts will help us in our constant pursuit of reaching far beyond today’s security market.

As a Security Detections Engineer, your analytical thinking and quick action will be the key to our success. You will identify Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of ongoing and ever-evolving cyber attacks to protect our global customer base. You will work in close collaboration with team members to develop new and innovative ways to present and interact with our unique insights. You will stop the adversary.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Experience in one of the following: Data analysis, Metadata analysis, or Network Traffic analysis
• A passion for analyzing attacker TTPs at varying levels
• Ability to understand the latest security trends as they relate to platform threats and abuse
• Experience using a comprehensive data analysis platform and rule configuration
• Understanding of the cyber threat landscape, cyber intelligence, and working knowledge of threat actors and their techniques
• Experience tracking and analyzing cyber campaigns utilizing technical Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
• Working knowledge of SQL and devising SQL queries
• Python or other scripting experience
• Ability to synthesize technical information and document it in a non-technical manner through both graphical and verbal representation
• Capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders
• Great oral and written communications skills
• Desire to learn and improve
• Willing and eager to share knowledge, and mentor

Bonus Points

• Working knowledge of a specific platform or product’s authentication protocols (e.g., email, network, application) and experience in related header/log analysis
• Experience analyzing, tracking and defending against various types of cyber attacks, including phishing, malware, and abuse
• Strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape, with expertise in advanced persistent threat (APT) groups
• Working knowledge of OSI Layers
• Working knowledge of TCP/UDP/ICMP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP/SMTPS, SSH/SFTP/SCP, FTP
• Familiarity with regular expressions and their practical application in tracking malicious activity
• Vibe coding experience for building tools and applications
• Experience with detection development using YARA, Snort, Surricata, or an equivalent language
• BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Security or Information Systems

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Project Galileo

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1.1.1.1

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