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Zscaler · 3 hours ago

Senior Detection Engineer

Zscaler is a company focused on accelerating digital transformation and enhancing cybersecurity for its customers. The Senior Detection Engineer will analyze telemetry and alerts, publish threat information, and improve detection workflows while collaborating with peers and leading projects.

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Responsibilities

Using Red Canary’s detection platform to analyze EDR telemetry, alerts, and log sources across several detection domains (Endpoint, Identity, SIEM, Cloud/SaaS, etc.)
Publishing threats for customers using concisely-written communication while effectively conveying key and important indicators
Researching coverage opportunities then creating new detectors, and tune existing ones
Improving the Detection Engineering workflow through orchestration & automation
Providing mentorship to your peers and communicate effectively with others for efficient cross-team collaboration
Help lead projects to improve the quality of life for both the customer and the CIRT

Qualification

Endpoint detectionAutomationOrchestrationThreat analysisQuery languagesDetector creationCommunication skillsMentorshipCollaborationCritical thinking

Required

Strong experience in Endpoint (MDR) and one or more of the following functional areas: Cloud/SaaS, Identity, Email or SIEM
Proven experience with automation and orchestration to effectively handle an extreme volume of telemetry and logs in a timely and efficient manner
Strong analytical thought-process and critical thinking skills to translate disparate activity into the realm of threat analysis
Experience using query languages and understanding syntax across EDR or other security platforms (SQL, K, Lucene, etc.)
Experience creating and tuning detectors/rules using commonly known tools such as YARA, SIGMA, Snort, Splunk, Elastic, etc
Ability to work from Wednesday - Saturday from 5pm MST - 3am MST

Preferred

You enjoy impacting the Infosec community through writing blogs, participating in webinars, and presenting at conference talks
Experience using version control software for the deployment of detectors, rules, or other automations (GitHub, CircleCi, etc)
Previous Red Team experience

Benefits

Various health plans
Time off plans for vacation and sick time
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks, and more!

Company

Zscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that enables secure digital transformation for mobile and cloud.

H1B Sponsorship

Zscaler has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (164)
2024 (220)
2023 (108)
2022 (144)
2021 (82)
2020 (51)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.67B
Key Investors
TPG GrowthLightspeed Venture Partners
2025-07-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-04-23Post Ipo Equity· $22.7M
2018-03-16IPO

Leadership Team

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Jay Chaudhry
CEO, Chairman & Founder
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Hemant Dabke
Area Vice President
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