Senior Detection Engineering Lead: AI-Driven Security

Cisco; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Security Engineer in Detection Engineering to design and build scalable detection content for enterprise security. You will transform high-volume telemetry into actionable alerts, leveraging AI/ML to reduce false positives while collaborating with Threat Hunting, SOC, and IR teams in a true hybrid role.

You will mentor peers, define detection standards, and shape the future of engineering threat detection solutions across Cisco's security portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with relevant security/engineering background.
• Experience deploying Splunk Enterprise Security content in production SOC.
• Experience building SPL queries for scalable detections and alerting.
• Ability to integrate AI/ML techniques into detection pipelines to lower false positives.
• Ability to translate threat intel into detection requirements with metrics.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable detection content and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with incident response, SOC, and threat intel teams.
• Mentor teammates on detection standards and design patterns.
• Drive multi-functional detection initiatives from requirement to deployment.

Skills

SPLUNK ES

Detection engineering

AI/ML techniques

Threat intelligence

SOC experience

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

AWS

GCP

Azure

SPL

CI/CD

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Security Engineer in Detection Engineering to design and build scalable detection content for enterprise security. You will transform high-volume telemetry into actionable alerts, leveraging AI/ML to reduce false positives while collaborating with Threat Hunting, SOC, and IR teams in a true hybrid role.

You will mentor peers, define detection standards, and shape the future of engineering threat detection solutions across Cisco's security portfolio.