Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection and Response

About the role

Maleda Tech is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join its front‑line Threat Detection and Response team. The role focuses on detecting, investigating, and responding to internal and external security threats while shaping the team’s detection and incident response strategy. You will build scalable automation, mentor teammates, and collaborate across the organization to eliminate whole categories of risk.

Key responsibilities

• Investigate security incidents using digital forensics and data analysis.
• Proactively hunt for threats and unusual activity across corporate and production environments.
• Build automation and detection models that identify anomalous activity and accelerate response at scale.
• Partner with engineering teams to design and deliver advanced detection solutions.
• Identify visibility gaps in infrastructure and work with stakeholders to close them through improved logging and detection.
• Lead complex investigations alongside Legal, Privacy, and Engineering partners.
• Translate lessons from incidents and root‑cause analysis into lasting security improvements.
• Mentor team members and help define detection and response processes.

Required profile

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in security operations, including investigations, incident response, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, or detection engineering.
• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language; experience with SQL and Pandas is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to automate security detection and response.
• Working knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills, with the ability to stay calm and decisive under pressure.

Required skills

• Python
• SQL
• Pandas
• Elasticsearch
• AWS EC2
• AWS S3
• AWS Lambda
• AWS RDS