HubSpot · 21 hours ago
Principal Detection Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$188K/yr - $302K/yr
10+ years expHubSpot is an AI-powered customer platform that enables businesses to grow faster by focusing on their customers. In the Principal Detection Engineer role, you will be responsible for the lifecycle of threat detection, building use cases, writing detection logic, and collaborating with engineering and incident response teams to ensure the effectiveness of security measures.
AnalyticsCopywritingMarketingSaaSSocial Media
Responsibilities
Build a threat detection engineering program (full lifecycle)
Build attack simulation scenarios, detection use cases & test their effectiveness
Leverage an automation first mindset to work smarter / more efficiently
Help respond when needed to critical security incidents
Consult stakeholders on security-related subjects ranging from general OpSec, infrastructure architecture etc
Qualification
Required
Experience building / maturing a detection engineering program
Hands-on security operations experience working within a modern zero trust oriented cloud / SaaS-heavy environment
Strong understanding of incident response best practices with practical experience responding to moderate to complex security incidents
Experience identifying / building new detection use cases
Ability to collect / analyze large sets of structured / unstructured data from disparate sources
Solid experience using SIEM tools (Splunk) for security investigations
Experience using various security tools (EDR,SASE, IDP etc) to assist with an investigation
Strong networking and systems knowledge with a good understanding of macOS, Windows and Linux
Experience working collaboratively to define and implement security policies, procedures, and controls
Experience providing internal security consultancy / advice to other teams within the company
Experience using code (Python / Powershell) to solve problems, facilitate easier data analysis, and to automate security tasks
Acutely aware of industry security trends, advisories, news, and general research
Preferred
Deep knowledge of macOS, Windows and Linux and practical experience in secure such systems
Experience in detection engineering processes / behaviors
Experience monitoring / securing AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud environments
Experience with SOAR platforms
Experience using automation tools / frameworks / applications
Planning, coordinating, and / or executing security assessments of networks, systems, applications, and cloud platforms
Benefits
Equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs)
Overtime pay
Flexibility and connection
Accommodations or assistance due to a disability
Company
HubSpot
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$100.5MKey Investors
Scale Venture PartnersMatrixGeneral Catalyst
2014-10-10IPO
2012-11-05Series E· $35M
2011-03-08Series D· $32M
Leadership Team
Yamini Rangan
Chief Executive Officer
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO
Recent News
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