Principal Data Science Security Engineer

UKG; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Join UKG as a Principal Data Science Security Engineer, part of a global team dedicated to combating sophisticated cyber threats. Leverage advanced tools to proactively detect and respond to security incidents, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance UKG's security posture while advancing your career in a purpose-driven organization.

Benefits

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

Customizable expense reimbursement program

Inclusive culture and employee resource groups

Qualifications

• 8+ years in security and technical automation, focusing on use cases.
• Experienced in SOC, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response.
• Demonstrated coding skills in scripting or programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on solutions for SIEM, SOAR, and threat detection.
• Support projects as a contributor across multiple teams.
• Design and engineer security operations integrations.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data preparation

Applied scripting

Technical automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

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Company Overview

With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we’re only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.

Company Overview

With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we’re only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.

At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organization to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all.

Here, we know that you’re more than your work. That’s why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose — a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you’re passionate about our purpose — people —then we can’t wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We’re united by purpose, inspired by you.

As a Principal Detection Engineer, you will be part of UKG's Global Security Detection Engineering team. This global team is responsible for detecting and responding to sophisticated cyber threats and attacks. In your role you will leverage a variety of tools and resources to proactively detect, investigate, and respond to emerging and/or persistent threats impacting UKG and/or its customers.

Responsibilities

• You will be providing hands-on solutions, customization and tuning, automation, and use case development for the SIEM, SOAR, and other stakeholder requirements for threat informed defense strategies
• You will support leading production level projects to completion as a contributor and a collaborator between multiple stakeholder teams including the Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Incident Response
• You will be working on a globally distributed team and expected to create and present strategies, technical plans, and architecture to audiences of technical and executive leadership levels when asked.
• You will also maintain existing internal code, use cases, and further extend SIEM and SOAR integrations aligned to the Detection Engineering program efforts
• You will design and engineer Security Operations focused integrations and automations including diagrams, documentation, and threat modeling of what is built
• You will support the Director of Detection Engineering in directly enhancing the strategic capabilities of the program through complex technical projects
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Hands on keyboard skills in developing and tuning foundational models, deploying and managing RAG pipelines
• Data science foundations which include: data preparation, statistical analysis, and applied scripting or integration in at last one major programming language
• 8+ years of security and hands on technical automation experience, with 5 or more of those years focused on creating use cases and detection focused automation
• The ability to lead complex projects, other team members, and support building strategic and technical initiatives
• 5-7 years of operational experience working directly with or in security operational teams including: SOC, Threat Intelligence , and Incident Response
• Deep understanding of SOC, SIEM, and other engineering best practices, limitations, and ways of extending or customizing threat detection automation related use cases
• Demonstratable hands-on skills in a major scripting/programming language or a search query language for use in security operations and threat detection
• Splunk Cloud ES and Splunk SOAR (Phantom) Experience highly preferred
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a major public cloud service provider (CSP) preferred
  
  

Where we’re going

UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it’s our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!

Equal Opportunity Employer

UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email [e-mail] .

The pay range for this position is $159,900.00- $229,800.00, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Hardware Manufacturing, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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