Threat Detection Engineer — SIEM & AI Security

Ampcus, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to advance enterprise threat detection capabilities across security monitoring platforms in an on-site role based in New York or Pittsburgh.

You will develop advanced detection logic, threat hunting, and security analytics while collaborating with SOC, cyber defense, and threat intelligence teams to reduce cyber risk. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in cybersecurity, hands-on SIEM experience (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar), and a proven ability to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cybersecurity and security operations experience.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM tools (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar).
• Experience building detection content and threat-hunting methodologies.
• Familiarity with cloud security, EDR technologies, and MITRE framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop and tune SIEM detection use cases and correlation rules.
• Perform proactive threat hunting and behavioral analytics.
• Create and maintain security monitoring content.
• Investigate emerging threats and map detections to MITRE Telecommunication & CK.
• Improve detection coverage for cloud, endpoint, and network environments.
• Build automated response workflows and security analytics dashboards.
• Support detection strategies for AI, GenAI, and LLM-based technologies.

Skills

Threat Detection Eng

Splunk & Security Analytics

Threat Hunting & IR

Tools

Splunk

Sentinel

QRadar

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to advance enterprise threat detection capabilities across security monitoring platforms in an on-site role based in New York or Pittsburgh.

You will develop advanced detection logic, threat hunting, and security analytics while collaborating with SOC, cyber defense, and threat intelligence teams to reduce cyber risk. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in cybersecurity, hands-on SIEM experience (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar), and a proven ability to