Staff Threat Intelligence Security Engineer

Nscale; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Performance reviews

Flexible work

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Staff Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence to build and scale its threat intelligence capability and translate adversary insight into practical security outcomes.

This high-impact, engineering-driven role connects external threat intelligence with internal telemetry so Nscale can detect and respond more effectively across infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems. You’ll work with Detection & Response and drive operationalized intelligence into detections and defenses.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Threat intelligence analysis

Detection engineering

Systems integration

Incident communication

Tools

SIEM platforms

TIPs

STIX/TAXII

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Staff Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence to build and scale its threat intelligence capability and translate adversary insight into practical security outcomes.

This high-impact, engineering-driven role connects external threat intelligence with internal telemetry so Nscale can detect and respond more effectively across infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise systems. You’ll work with Detection & Response and drive operationalized intelligence into detections and defenses.