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The Senior Detection Engineer position is a technical subject matter expert for the Humana detection engineering team. You will work closely with EIP's Threat Management and Response teams as well as other Information Security and IT teams. You will report to the Associate Director, SIEM Engineering.

As a Senior Detection Engineer, you will be responsible for technical execution and delivery of Detection Engineering capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join an engineering focused security team that leverages automation and AI/ML capabilities with a cutting-edge detection-as-code CI/CD pipeline.

This role has responsibility for delivering and curating custom threat detection content in Splunk, partnering closely with EIP groups such as Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), Threat Hunting, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and IT teams such as Enterprise Observability to deliver threat detection services. This role will also lead and participate in defensive security projects and initiatives to defend Humana and its members against the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape.

Skills

• Develop custom tools and leverage automation and orchestration for threat detections, malware research and threat intelligence needs.

• Strong familiarity of MITRE ATT&CK or similar frameworks.

• Creation and maintenance of policy, standards, procedures, and documentation

• Use KPIs and other metrics to identify opportunities for process improvements.

• Experience working under and providing support for regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC2, etc.

You should be located within 50 miles of one of our Hub sites or be willing to relocate to one of these areas. These sites are in Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Ft. Lauderdale or Tampa FL, Louisville KY, Baltimore DC Metro, Nashville TN, or New York Metro NY.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology or a related field is preferred.

• Minimum of 4 years' experience with threat hunting, threat research, threat intelligence or incident response.

• Expert level understanding of the threat landscape in adversary tools such as command-and-control (C2) frameworks, remote management and access tools (RMMs), credential theft utilities, proxy and tunneling tools, cloud attack tooling, data exfiltration utilities, malware loaders, ransomware, and post-exploitation frameworks, as well as the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with their use.

• Experience with SIEM technologies such as Splunk (preferred), Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle, Elastic Stack, Rapid7, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Exabeam, Cortex, LogRhythm, IBM QRadar.

• Deep understanding of how complex, multi-stage malware functions.

• Advanced knowledge of security endpoint detection and response, network forensics and malware analysis across systems whether on premise or in varied cloud environments consisting of physical or virtual workloads.

• Extensive experience creating and maintaining custom threat detection rules, leveraging enrichment data from threat intel and attack surface services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification in a relevant cybersecurity field (i.e., OSCP, GCTI, GREM, etc)

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

 

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

 

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$106,900 - $147,000 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive pl