Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data infrastructure in Azure, and AWS, including Terraform-managed resources, Kusto clusters and tables, and Airflow-orchestrated ETL pipelines
Lead cross-organizational initiatives to onboard new security telemetry, and identify and close visibility gaps
Establish and advance data governance practices for security telemetry, including highly sensitive data sources
Define and drive adoption of security telemetry policies and standards, partnering with Security teams and service owners to identify and remediate gaps
Provide technical leadership to projects focused on the data platforms and infrastructure that supporting security monitoring, threat detection, hunting, investigations, and incident response
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR equivalent experience.
5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud scale Azure infrastructure
3+ years of deep experience with Kusto and KQL, Apache Airflow, Terraform, and Python in production environments
2+ years experience leading complex initiatives across organizational boundaries , aligning stakeholders, and translating operational requirements into durable technical solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Engineering teams around security telemetry requirements
Experience supporting Security Operations disciplines such as Threat Detection, Incident Response, Threat Intel, and/or Red Teaming
Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes
Experience designing near-real-time telemetry ingestion using Azure Event Hubs or comparable technologies
Experience establishing observability, reliability, data-quality, and cost-management practices for data platforms
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Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data infrastructure in Azure, and AWS, including Terraform-managed resources, Kusto clusters and tables, and Airflow-orchestrated ETL pipelines
Lead cross-organizational initiatives to onboard new security telemetry, and identify and close visibility gaps
Establish and advance data governance practices for security telemetry, including highly sensitive data sources
Define and drive adoption of security telemetry policies and standards, partnering with Security teams and service owners to identify and remediate gaps
Provide technical leadership to projects focused on the data platforms and infrastructure that supporting security monitoring, threat detection, hunting, investigations, and incident response
Required Qualifications
10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
o OR equivalent experience.
5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud scale Azure infrastructure
3+ years of deep experience with Kusto and KQL, Apache Airflow, Terraform, and Python in production environments
2+ years experience leading complex initiatives across organizational boundaries , aligning stakeholders, and translating operational requirements into durable technical solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Engineering teams around security telemetry requirements
Experience supporting Security Operations disciplines such as Threat Detection, Incident Response, Threat Intel, and/or Red Teaming
Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes
Experience designing near-real-time telemetry ingestion using Azure Event Hubs or comparable technologies
Experience establishing observability, reliability, data-quality, and cost-management practices for data platforms
