Detection Engineering Team Lead, Arctic Wolf
+ Equity + Bonus or commission pay based on role
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Computer and network security
Job no longer available
Computer and network security
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity + Bonus or commission pay based on role
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To end Cyber Risk through effective security operations.
Role
Who you are
- 3 or more years of professional experience as a Detection Developer
- Experience consists of projects contributing in either Python or YAML
- OS Specific Telemetry (Windows Security/Sysmon logs, Linux)
- Windows PowerShell Monitoring
- SIEM Detections
- EDR detections/signatures
- Sigma and Yara Rules
- Development of anomaly and behavioral based detections
- Tuning and optimization of detections for all the above
- Professional certifications in Security and/or Cloud are required (i.e. CISSP, GNFA, GCFA, GCFE, GREM)
- Experience consists of leading a team of 3 or more Detection Developers while contributing code independently
- Experience leading Agile development teams, preferably with formal Agile training
- Preferably located in Canada or the U.S
- Nice to have: A clear history of technical influence (public conference talks, papers, etc)
- Nice to have: A clear history of learning and skills development. Regularly helps detection developers develop their skills in a variety of ways
- Nice to have: B.Sc. in Computer Science
- Nice to have: Located in the Eastern Time Zone
What the job involves
- You’ll be working as a detection developer on our Detection Operations Team, responsible for ensuring quality and scale of our detection base and presenting actionable detections to our Security Services teams and customers
- Developing and maintaining Python and YAML-based detections, software, and systems
- Research and develop expertise in the various threat surfaces and telemetry available for them
- Propose coverage and efficacy improvements to the detection surface
- Work with team members to develop novel detections and continuously tune existing ones
- Build runbooks, reports and supporting material for detection surfaces
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and implement detections
- Writing clean, efficient, and reusable code in Python
- Conducting code reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality and maintainability
- Debugging and fixing issues in existing Python codebases
- Optimizing application performance and ensuring scalability
- Participate in the full software development life cycle, building well-designed, testable, efficient, secure code
- Understand the product and how Security Services delivers the service
- Develop professional expertise, apply company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues. Determine a course of action based on guidelines, and modify processes and methods as required
- Continuously learning and adopting best practices for code quality, software development methodologies, and programming principles to enhance coding skills and stay updated with industry advancements
- Be seen as a technical thought leader both internally and externally. Participate and lead internal knowledge sharing workshops, contribute to external publications, lead public events relevant to job role
- Attend training, seminars or webinars relevant to job role to enhance current knowledge base and skill set in order to improve job performance and efficiency. Attend at least one event a year. The training should not impact job/project deliverables
Application process
- Phone pre-screening: A recruiter contacts you to briefly discuss your work history and provide an overview of Arctic Wolf. Approximately 30 minutes
- Face-to-face interviews: Several team members conduct three interviews to learn more about you and provide more information about your potential role and team. This interview will touch on past projects and your career goals. Approximately 1 hour total
- Technical assessment: A recruiter sends you a link to a straightforward technical assessment that is relevant to the role you are applying for. Approximately 1 hour
- Technical breadth interview: Meeting with some technical team members to evaluate the knowledge of our tech stack and experience in other associated, complementary, or substitute technologies. Be prepared to collaborate on a technical problem . Approximately 1.5 hours
- Technical depth interview: Meeting with some technical team members to review the technical assessment done. Be prepared to collaborate on a technical problem . Approximately 1.5 hours
Our take
Founded in 2021, Arctic Wolf has emerged as a pivotal player in cybersecurity with its concierge approach to Security Operations as a Service (SOCaaS). Arctic Wolf addresses the challenges of managing diverse cybersecurity systems and combating alert fatigue through its cloud-managed detection and response solutions.
Two of the many challenges facing digital enterprises are: having to manage dozens of different complex cybersecurity systems, and knowing what is actionable and an immediate threat (known as alert fatigue). Arctic Wolf’s platform offers cloud-managed detection and response systems, continual risk management and security awareness, solving both challenges.
Arctic Wolf's platform is now a top choice for organisations seeking streamlined security through unified technology. With 5,200 global organisations onboard, Arctic Wolf sets cybersecurity benchmarks, utilising advanced AI and open-XDR architecture to analyse over 5.23 trillion security events weekly.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2022
$401m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES F
Total funding: $899.2m
Company benefits
- Equity For All Employees: Our salary and benefits packages always include equity, so every employee has a stake in the company’s success
- Pack Unity: We’re on a mission to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and to create positive change in and out of the office
- Professional Development: Arctic Wolf mentors and trains its employees to help their career growth, and encourages and supports employee efforts to enhance their skills and competency through coursework and training
- Flexible Paid Time Off: Arctic Wolf believes that employees should have the opportunity to enjoy time away from work on a flexible basis. Employees are given accountability and authority within their job responsibilities, why not with their flexible time off? We encourage diversity and the ability for you to celebrate the days in the year that are important to you
- Family Forming Benefits: Your family is a part of our Pack, which is why in addition to comprehensive health benefits, we provide access to personalized family-forming support for employees exploring fertility health, those pursuing parenthood, those already pregnant, and other family related benefits
- Volunteer Time Off: As we seek to End Cyber Risk, we also seek to give back to the communities around us, so the world is a safer and better place for all to thrive. All pack members have 3 days of volunteer time off (VTO) to use to give back to their communities in a way that is meaningful to them
Company HQ
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Leadership
Nick Schneider
(President & CEO)Joined Arctic Wolf in 2016 as the Head of Worldwide Sales and worked their way through the roles to become CEO in 2021. Previously the vice-president of sales for Code42.
Brian NeSmith
(Founder)Previously the president and CEO of Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
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