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Security Operations Analyst - Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting, Global SOC

San Jose, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Build high-fidelity detections, conduct threat hunts, and automate response workflows to monitor and protect enterprise IT infrastructure.

Role type

Senior IC detection engineer (threat hunting & SOC)

Builds

Detection logic, SOAR playbooks, and automated response workflows for enterprise IT security

Domain

Cybersecurity, Threat Intelligence, SOC Operations

Required skills

SIEM platforms, EDR tools, detection logic tuning, threat modeling, MITRE ATT&CK, scripting (Python/PowerShell), log analysis

Preferred skills

SOAR platforms, detection-as-code pipelines, GitOps, CI/CD rule deployment, threat hunt frameworks, purple team exercises, red teaming, malware analysis, digital forensics

Technologies

Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Sigma, EQL, KQL, YARA

Responsibilities

Monitor security alerts and events from SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and EDR systems; Build and tune high-fidelity detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS telemetry; Reduce alert fatigue through improved severity tagging and enrichment workflows; Conduct threat hunts based on TTPs and threat intelligence; Design and maintain SOAR playbooks for triage and response; Contribute scripts to improve investigation efficiency; Assist in post-incident reviews and coordinate lessons learnt.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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