Staff Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence

Nscale; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Bonus potential

Flexible work policy

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Staff Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence to build and scale the company’s threat intelligence capability, turning adversary insight into actionable detections across infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems.

You’ll work closely with Detection & Response to improve coverage, translate intelligence into detections and security controls, and map coverage to MITRE ATT&CK while driving engineering-led security initiatives at staff level.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in threat intelligence, security engineering, or detection engineering.
• Strong understanding of threat actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Experience translating intelligence into detections, rules, or security controls.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms and detection pipelines.
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms (TIPs) and data formats such as STIX/TAXII.
• Understanding of cloud environments and modern infrastructure.
• Experience leveraging automation or AI/ML techniques for intelligence analysis or enrichment.
• Ability to operate at a Staff level, driving strategy and owning systems.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to share insights and risks with technical teams and leadership.
• Nice to have: AI infrastructure, threat hunting, incident response, SOAR integrations, malware analysis, or advanced threat actor tracking.

Responsibilities

• Track relevant threat actors, campaigns, and emerging attack techniques tied to Nscale's environment.
• Analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to identify security implications.
• Produce actionable threat intelligence tailored to infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems.
• Evaluate external intelligence sources, feeds, and tooling for relevance and quality.
• Translate intelligence into detection logic, SIEM rules, and security controls.
• Partner with Detection & Response to improve coverage against known adversary behaviors.
• Maintain mappings to MITRE ATT&CK and identify coverage gaps.
• Improve defensive visibility by aligning detections to current and emerging threats.
• Integrate threat intelligence into SIEM pipelines, enrichment systems, and automation workflows.
• Leverage AI/automation to process large threat data volumes.
• Support use of intelligence data within operational security systems and workflows.
• Support incident response and threat hunting with contextual intelligence and hypothesis generation.
• Communicate insights, risks, and adversary activity clearly to teams and leadership.
• Enable more effective response playbooks by embedding intelligence into workflows.
• Threat intelligence integrated into SIEM pipelines and automation workflows.
• Detection coverage against known adversary behaviors.
• Coverage gap tracking through MITRE ATT&CK mappings.
• Actionable intelligence produced for infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Security engineering

Detection engineering

SIEM

TIPs

STIX/TAXII

Cloud environments

Automation/AI/ML

Leadership

Communication

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

SIEM pipelines

Job description

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

About Nscale

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We're hiring a Staff Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence to build and scale Nscale's threat intelligence capability and turn adversary insight into actionable security outcomes.

This is a high-impact, engineering-driven role focused on connecting external threat intelligence with internal telemetry so that what Nscale knows about attackers directly improves how the company detects and responds. The role works closely with Detection & Response and supports security efforts across infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems.

You'll help strengthen Nscale's security posture by tracking relevant threat actors, campaigns, and emerging techniques, then translating that intelligence into practical detections, defenses, and response improvements. This role matters because it ensures intelligence is not just collected, but operationalized in the systems and workflows that protect the business.

This role will be part of the global Cyber Defense organization.

What you'll be doing

Threat Intelligence Analysis

• Track relevant threat actors, campaigns, and emerging attack techniques tied to Nscale's environment
• Analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to identify meaningful security implications
• Produce actionable threat intelligence tailored to infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems
• Evaluate external intelligence sources, feeds, and tooling for relevance and quality

Detection Engineering & Coverage

• Translate intelligence into detection logic, SIEM rules, and security controls
• Partner with Detection & Response to improve coverage against known adversary behaviors
• Maintain mappings to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and identify coverage gaps
• Improve defensive visibility by aligning detections to current and emerging threats

Systems Integration & Automation

• Integrate threat intelligence into SIEM pipelines, enrichment systems, and automation workflows
• Leverage AI and automation to process large volumes of threat data and surface patterns
• Support the use of intelligence data within operational security systems and workflows

Incident Support & Communication

• Support incident response and threat hunting with contextual intelligence and hypothesis generation
• Communicate insights, risks, and adversary activity clearly to technical teams and leadership
• Enable more effective response playbooks by embedding intelligence into response workflows

KPIs

• Threat intelligence integrated into SIEM pipelines and automation workflows
• Detection coverage against known adversary behaviors
• Coverage gap tracking through MITRE ATT&CK mappings
• Actionable intelligence produced for infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems

About You

• 8+ years of experience in threat intelligence, security engineering, or detection engineering
• Strong understanding of threat actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Experience translating intelligence into detections, rules, or security controls
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms and detection pipelines
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms (TIPs) and data formats such as STIX/TAXII
• Understanding of cloud environments and modern infrastructure
• Experience leveraging automation or AI/ML techniques for intelligence analysis or enrichment
• Ability to operate at a Staff level, driving strategy, influencing detection programs, and owning systems
• Clear communication skills with the ability to share insights and risks with technical teams and leadership
• Nice to have: experience in AI infrastructure, threat hunting, incident response, SOAR integrations, malware analysis, or advanced threat actor tracking

What we can offer you

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.
• Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed.
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross‑functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support.
• Human‑First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio‑economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

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The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location.

Benefits

• In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.
• Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

Salary Range

$190,000—$225,000 USD

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