Detection Software Engineer
Develops and improves runtime security detection capabilities for cloud workloads, combining software engineering, threat research, infrastructure automation, and production debugging. Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, cloud development expertise, and strong knowledge of operating-system internals and networking.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Work on a runtime security solution affecting large cloud workloads.
- Collaborate with engineering and research teams to enable new threat-detection capabilities.
- Build and extend research infrastructure, automated testing infrastructure, and release processes.
- Conduct research and develop detection capabilities from concept through implementation.
- Make complex processes easier, faster, and more scalable.
- Address gaps and changes quickly with a bias toward action.
- Analyze, debug, and solve problems in test, staging, and production environments.
- Create and enforce best practices and security policies.
- Work with customers in response to requests and questions when needed.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- 3+ years of cloud-based development experience.
- Familiarity with cloud services, Kubernetes, cloud environment architecture, and major cloud providers.
- Deep knowledge of Windows and Linux operating-system internals and networking.
- Experience delivering real-world product impact for customers.
- Ability to learn independently and work in a self-driven, goal-oriented manner.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Legal authorization to work in Israel without visa sponsorship.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with runtime security products.
- Hands-on experience in detection engineering, malware analysis, reverse engineering, or vulnerability research.
- Familiarity with notable threat actors and threat-intelligence analysis.
- Incident response, red-team, or threat-hunting experience.
- Familiarity with Python, PowerShell, Linux shell scripting, Terraform, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions.
Skills
Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Windows, Linux, Networking, Python, PowerShell, Terraform, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineering, Threat Hunting
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