Sr. Staff Cyber Defense Engineer

Dexcom; United States; Remote; USD 181,000 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Unlimited PTO

Training & conferences

Job summary

Dexcom, a leader in continuous glucose monitoring, seeks a Sr. Staff Cyber Defense Engineer to lead Enterprise Cyber Defense architecture and detection engineering.

You will guide cross-functional initiatives, define telemetry standards, and drive readiness across detection and response with senior technical leadership. The role requires deep expertise in SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, NDR, and cloud security, plus hands-on coding in Python/PowerShell and data query skills.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 13+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 5+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Influence technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise Cyber Defense capabilities, aligned to business risk and security priorities.
• Establish design principles, telemetry standards, integration patterns, and engineering practices across cyber defense platforms and data sources.
• Own the enterprise detection engineering lifecycle, including detection logic, correlation rules, telemetry requirements, validation, tuning, and measurable efficacy.
• Design and engineer cyber defense capabilities, including advanced detections, telemetry integrations, SOAR workflows, and agentic response patterns with human oversight.
• Lead major cross-functional cyber defense initiatives and technology transformations, resolving dependencies and tradeoffs.
• Provide senior technical leadership during complex cyber incidents and emerging risk scenarios, driving root-cause analysis and durable improvements.
• Define the technical approach for threat hunting and adversary validation using threat intel, red/purple team findings, and simulations.
• Drive cyber readiness engineering through exercises, playbook validation, escalation testing, and remediation of defensive gaps.
• Translate technical risk for senior leaders and mentor engineers and analysts to strengthen technical maturity.

Skills

SIEM

SOAR

XDR/EDR

NDR

Identity telemetry

Cloud security

Python

PowerShell

SPL

KQL

SQL

Threat hunting

Incident response

MITRE ATT&CK

AI in security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Master’s degree in a technical discipline

PhD in a technical discipline

Tools

Python

PowerShell

SPL

KQL

SQL

Job description

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet The Team

Dexcom’s Information Security team is building Enterprise Cyber Defense (ECD), a global capability focused on proactive, threat-informed defense. ECD brings together detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting and validation, cyber readiness, cyber risk response, security automation, and defensive technology engineering.

As a Sr. Staff Cyber Defense Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on cyber defense architect, technical lead, and senior technical authority. You will use your deep technical expertise and sound technical judgment to influence roadmap and architecture decisions and lead complex cross-functional initiatives across detection, response, hunting, automation, and readiness.

Where You Come In

• You influence the technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise Cyber Defense capabilities, aligned to business risk, the threat landscape, and Information Security priorities.
• You serve as a technical authority for cyber defense architecture, establishing design principles, telemetry standards, integration patterns, and engineering practices across cyber defense platforms and data sources.
• You own the enterprise detection engineering lifecycle, including detection logic, correlation rules, use cases, telemetry requirements, validation, tuning, and measurable efficacy across environments.
• You design and engineer cyber defense capabilities, including advanced detections, telemetry integrations, SOAR workflows, and agentic response patterns with appropriate human oversight.
• You lead major cross-functional cyber defense initiatives and technology transformations, resolving complex dependencies, technical tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions.
• You provide senior technical leadership during the most complex cyber incidents and emerging or non-traditional risk scenarios, driving root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and durable defensive improvements.
• You define the technical approach for threat hunting and adversary validation, using threat intelligence, red and purple team findings, incident lessons, and simulations to improve defenses.
• You drive cyber readiness engineering through technical exercises, playbook validation, escalation testing, and the identification and remediation of systemic defense gaps.
• You translate technical risk for senior leaders and mentor engineers and analysts to strengthen technical maturity.

What Makes You Successful

• You have demonstrated success leading complex cyber defense initiatives across organizational boundaries.
• You bring deep expertise with SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, NDR, identity and email telemetry, and cloud security technologies in large-scale cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• You have a strong engineering background in detection logic, automation, telemetry pipelines, API integrations, or security tooling using Python, PowerShell, SPL, KQL, SQL, or similar technologies.
• You have deep knowledge of adversary behaviors, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics fundamentals, detection engineering, cyber threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK.
• You have experience applying AI or machine-learning capabilities to detection, investigation, or automated response, including performance measurement and appropriate human oversight.
• You demonstrate the ability to operate as a senior technical authority, influence leaders without formal authority, mentor senior practitioners, and make sound decisions in high-stakes situations.
• You may also bring certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent advanced security certifications.

What You’ll Get

• A front-row seat to groundbreaking technology that impacts lives around the world.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, and wellness programs.
• Competitive compensation with performance incentives and opportunities for advancement within a growing, innovative company.
• Work-life balance support through flexible work arrangements and unlimited paid time off.
• Access to in-house training, development programs, career mentorship, and opportunities to attend security conferences to support your professional growth.
• The chance to work in an inclusive, diverse environment that values teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• The opportunity to connect with the #dexcomwarriors community and contribute to a purpose-driven mission that makes a difference.

Travel Required

• 0-5%

Experience And Education Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 13+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 5+ years of experience.

Remote Workplace

• Your location will be a home office; you are not required to live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km). If you reside within commuting distance of a Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km) a hybrid working environment may be available. Ask about our Flex workplace option.

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].

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Salary

$181,000.00 - $301,600.00

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