82 detection engineer jobs at 62 companies in Herndon, VA
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Manager, Threat Detection Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$160k-$180k/yrHybridFull Time
The Carlyle GroupNasdaq: CG: Global investment firm managing assets across multiple strategies.
5+ YOEBachelor's required,5+ years cybersecurity experience,4+ years detection engineering and threat intelligence,hands-on detection development and tuning,automation and API integration experience,experience with SIEM/EDR/SOAR and detection languages.
cFocus Software: Provides cybersecurity compliance and enterprise IT services for government.
3+ YOEActive Public Trust clearance, BS in CS/IT or related, 3+ years threat hunting/adversary emulation, experience querying large datasets, Python and PowerShell scripting, and detection development in SIEM (Splunk ES or Microsoft Sentinel).
Python, PowerShell, Splunk ES, Microsoft Sentinel, SIEM
AstraZenecaLondon Stock Exchange: AZN: Global biopharmaceutical developing and manufacturing prescription medicines.
5+ YOEBachelor's in related field (or equivalent experience); 5+ years detection engineering experience; expertise with SIEM/EDR/NDR, MITRE ATT&CK, Sigma/YARA, Python/PowerShell, detection tuning, OT/ICS awareness, and mentoring teams.
AstraZenecaLondon Stock Exchange: AZN: Researches and develops medicines to treat major diseases globally.
5+ YOEBachelor's in information security/computer science (or equivalent), 5+ years detection engineering experience, expertise in SIEM/EDR/NDR, MITRE ATT&CK, scripting (Python/PowerShell), Sigma/YARA, detection-as-code, and global collaboration.
1+ YOE1+ year experience in security assessments or design reviews, 1+ year coding experience, experience with security engineering and protocols, and expertise in threat detection and analysis.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE, Cloud IAM, Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP)
Salas O'Brien: Provides integrated engineering design and technical consulting services.
20+ YOEActive Q or Top Secret clearance, 20+ years nuclear detection/remote sensing/non-proliferation experience including DOE SRS tritium operations, bachelor’s in engineering, deep knowledge of nuclear signatures and sensing modalities, strong modeling and technical writing.
Evans & Chambers Technology: Develops technology solutions and software for national defense missions.
5+ YOEBachelor's in cybersecurity or related, 5+ years cybersecurity experience (threat hunting/detection/IR), DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III, advanced cert (GCTI/GCFA/OSCP/CISSP), SIEM/SOAR and scripting proficiency.
ICFNASDAQ: ICFI: Provides strategic consulting and technology services to global organizations.
10+ YOEActive high-level security clearance,10+ years cybersecurity/IT experience, expertise in threat detection, incident response, network analysis, big data technologies, dashboard development, and analytics.
Sr. Systems Engineer (Endpoint Detection & Response)
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Themis Insight: Provides technical consulting and data analytics for national security.
20+ YOETS/SCI with Polygraph required. 20 years systems engineering experience, Bachelor's in related field (or +5 years SE experience), DoD 8570/8140 IAM II/III baseline, expertise with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Trellix HX, KQL and YARA, Windows/Linux/macOS forensics.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trellix HX, Kusto Query Language (KQL), YARA, MECM, SCCM, Microsoft Intune, OpenIOC, MBSE, Cameo, Jira, Confluence, NSA DS-89
Helsing: AI-powered software and autonomous hardware for democratic defense missions.
5+ YOE5+ years applied ML/computer vision experience; production experience training and deploying detection and tracking models; proficiency in Python and PyTorch; experience across full model lifecycle and optimizing models for edge deployment; U.S. citizenship and security-clearance eligibility.
Threat Detection Specialist, Trust and Safety - USDS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$99k-$179k/yrOnsiteFull Time
TikTok USDS Joint Venture: Operates and secures TikTok services for U.S. users.
3+ YOE3+ years in Trust & Safety/intelligence/content policy; experience using LLMs or AI/ML tools, collaborating with Product/Engineering, strong investigative and analytical skills.
Scale AI: Provides data and infrastructure for training artificial intelligence models.
5+ YOETop Secret clearance required; 5+ years in detection engineering/incident response/security ops preferred; production-grade coding in Python/NodeJS/TypeScript; experience with detection pipelines, SIEM/EDR/SOAR, cloud security telemetry, and digital forensics.
Shift5: Secures onboard operational technology for defense and transportation fleets.
BS/MS in CS/CE/EE/Data Science or equivalent; proficiency in Python and/or Rust (C/C++ ok); experience with Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, Linux CLI; strong data analysis, ML basics, OS and cybersecurity anomaly detection knowledge.
Python, Rust, C, C++, Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, Linux CLI