Security Engineer - (Detection & Response)
We’re partnering with a major enterprise organisation undergoing a significant cyber security transformation and are seeking an experienced Security Engineer – Security Operations (Detection & Response) to own and enhance the platforms that power modern threat detection, investigation and response.
This role combines EDR/XDR platform engineering, cloud security posture management and AI-enabled security operations. You’ll be responsible for ensuring detection and response capabilities remain effective against evolving threats while helping drive automation and operational maturity across the security ecosystem.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own the EDR/XDR platform end-to-end, including configuration, policy tuning, custom detections and response capabilities
- Develop and maintain detection content aligned to evolving threats and analyst requirements
- Manage identity protection and Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) capabilities
- Own cloud security posture management across CSPM and CNAPP platforms
- Configure and maintain cloud security policies, runtime protection, secrets management and identity security controls
- Drive AI-assisted investigation, triage and response capabilities, helping expand automation and response use cases
- Build and maintain integrations between cloud security platforms, EDR/XDR tooling and the broader Security Operations ecosystem
- Align endpoint security tooling and exclusions across the enterprise environment
- Partner with Detection Engineering, Security Operations and Platform teams to continuously improve security outcomes
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- Deep experience administering and engineering enterprise EDR/XDR platforms
- Strong knowledge of detection engineering and the full detection lifecycle
- Experience with CSPM and CNAPP platforms and cloud security posture management
- Strong understanding of cloud security across modern enterprise environments
- Experience with platform query languages such as CQL or similar
- Python development and automation skills
- Experience working with APIs, integrations and automation workflows
- Git, CI/CD and infrastructure automation experience
Highly Desirable
- Hands-on CrowdStrike Falcon experience including:
- Falcon Insight
- Identity Protection
- Cloud Security
- Exposure Management
- Charlotte AI
- Experience with Wiz, Upwind, Falcon Cloud Security or Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Detection Engineering expertise
- Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) experience
- Multi-cloud security experience across AWS, Azure and GCP
Why Apply?
- Join a high-profile enterprise cyber security program
- Work with leading-edge detection, response and AI-driven security technologies
- Influence how modern security operations are delivered at scale
- Long-term contract with strong extension prospects
- Competitive daily rate of $850 – $935 per day inclusive of super
This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior Security Engineer, Detection Engineer or CrowdStrike specialist looking to play a key role in the evolution of enterprise detection and response capabilities.
If you’re passionate about threat detection, cloud security and building next-generation security operations, apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com