Threat Detection Engineer: SIEM, AI & Threat Hunting

Ampcus Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to advance enterprise threat detection across security monitoring platforms. The role focuses on creating detection logic, threat hunting, incident identification, and security analytics for traditional and AI-enabled environments.

You will collaborate with SOC, cyber defense, and threat intelligence teams to enhance coverage while reducing risk. Local candidates preferred for on-site work at NY or Pittsburgh facilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cybersecurity and security operations experience.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, or similar SIEM tools.
• Experience building detection content and threat-hunting methodologies.
• Familiarity with cloud security, EDR technologies, and MITRE Telecommunication & CK 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 Engineering

Threat Hunting

Incident Response

Security Analytics

Tools

Splunk

Sentinel

QRadar

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to advance enterprise threat detection across security monitoring platforms. The role focuses on creating detection logic, threat hunting, incident identification, and security analytics for traditional and AI-enabled environments.

You will collaborate with SOC, cyber defense, and threat intelligence teams to enhance coverage while reducing risk. Local candidates preferred for on-site work at NY or Pittsburgh facilities.