Remote Insider Threat & Security Analytics Engineer

Telos Corp.; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

401k

Job summary

Telos Corporation is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to contribute to insider threat tooling, UBA/UEBA, and secure data pipelines across private cloud, on-prem, and sovereign environments. The role emphasizes backend logic, data integration, and automated detection workflows.

Based remotely with preference for candidates in the United States; eligible for full-time employment with competitive compensation and full benefits. Tysons, VA location, US citizenship required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Detection Engineering, Security Operations, or Insider Threat roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Go for workflow automation, and solid SQL for data queries.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms and UBA/UEBA systems.
• Understanding of security telemetry, logs, EDR, and Cloud/SaaS access patterns.
• Experience modeling employee lifecycle risk indicators and data engineering concepts.
• Ability to handle highly sensitive investigation logs with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and tune behavioral risk models, anomaly detection heuristics, and threat rules within the UBA platform.
• Aggregate and correlate high-volume data streams (identity lifecycle, logs, network telemetry, SaaS logs) to detect anomalous user behavior and construct timelines.
• Assess model performance and minimize false positives while ensuring coverage against threat matrices.
• Ingest new telemetry signals and maintain backend data pipelines for reliable risk scoring.
• Build API-based integrations and automated workflows linking detection engines with case management and incident response tools.

Skills

Python/Go

SQL

Threat detection

Tools

Splunk

Chronicle

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Telos Corporation is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to contribute to insider threat tooling, UBA/UEBA, and secure data pipelines across private cloud, on-prem, and sovereign environments. The role emphasizes backend logic, data integration, and automated detection workflows.

Based remotely with preference for candidates in the United States; eligible for full-time employment with competitive compensation and full benefits. Tysons, VA location, US citizenship required.