Information Security Senior Advisor (Cyber Detection Engineer)

Anticipated End Date:

2026-01-30

Position Title:

Information Security Senior Advisor (Cyber Detection Engineer)

Job Description:

Information Security Senior Advisor (Cyber Detection Engineer)

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2  days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Information Security Senior Advisor (Cyber Detection Engineer) is responsible for developing and fine-tuning detection logic to identify and alert the team of potential cybersecurity threats. This role requires a deep understanding of threat landscapes and the ability to apply machine learning concepts to enhance detection capabilities across endpoints, cloud systems, networks, and identity-based platforms.

How You Will Make an Impact:

•  Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities, perform gap analysis, and curate threat detection Use Cases.
• Perform capability abstraction based on research of adversarial TTPs and build threat models and detectors.
• Collaborate with threat hunters in purple team exercises and CSOC analysts to validate and tune detection alerts to reduce false positives to mature the organization’s detection capabilities.
• Develop and implement advanced detection logic utilizing machine learning algorithms and models to identify cybersecurity threats.
• Engineer and maintain scalable detection mechanisms across endpoint, cloud, network, and identity environments.
• Document and communicate detection strategies, processes, and findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers within the team, providing guidance and knowledge sharing to enhance overall team capability.
• Ensure security solutions involving the use of technologies are well-conceived, designed and implemented in compliance with enterprise standards.
• Provides technical support to business and technology associates in risk assessments and implementation of appropriate information security procedures, standards and technologies; represents major upgrades and business system replacements in change control.
• Oversees Enterprise mix of vendor services; recommends changes and updates to strategy; may act a key contact for setting vendor strategy; designs & engineers repetitive technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards.
• Must be capable of providing top-tier support for 4 or more of the information security technology common body of knowledge skill sets: 1) Access Control, 2) Application Security, 3) Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, 4) Cryptography, 5) Information Security and Risk Management 6) Legal, Regulations, 7) Compliance and Investigations, 8) Operations Security, 9) Physical (Environmental) Security, 10) Security Architecture and Design, 11) Telecommunications and Network Security.
• Leads development and execution of risk assessment methodologies to fit business, regulatory, and technical environment considerations; leads the development of requirements, system architecture, and software design of security products and services.
• Leads the development of strategies for discovery, evaluation and response to new networking attacks; develops security incident response plans and strategies.
• Provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems.
• Creates presentations and seeks IT management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security systems serving the Enterprise.
• Designs & engineers comprehensive access management and network security technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards; works with architecture to update technology direction & strategy.  
• Develops reports supporting strategy and direction for management. Capable of serving as technical merger & acquisition lead.  
• Acts as a su