DirecciónJoin a team of cybersecurity professionals and help Swiss Re to fulfil its mission in making the world more resilient. As the Detection Security Engineer, you'll be tasked with helping to close the security gaps by working with incident responders and hunt for sophisticated cyber threats.
What's more, you'll be working in a hybrid setup, perfectly balancing work from home and the office premises.
About the team
The Security Team is the focal point for all security activities across Swiss Re. We are responsible for cybersecurity engineering and operations, corporate security, governance, operational resilience, risk and compliance.
We define and advance the company's security strategy. The Detection, Orchestration & Response Engineering (DORE) Team is a multicultural, growing team of experts responsible for maintaining security operations, focused on delivering high-quality detection monitoring and response solutions and automations.
We're looking for a detection engineer who can identify, develop, and implement advanced threat detection and response engineering solutions.
In your role, you will
- Be someone who believes in continuous innovation, is curious and relentless in finding a better way every day
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the latest threat landscape, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by attackers
- Develop and maintain expertise in threat detection tools and technologies, including SIEM systems, EDR (endpoint detection and response) tools, and network monitoring solutions
- Be a part of a Purple Team to improve our security stance and implement your insights into rules
- Continuously evaluate and improve the effectiveness of existing threat detection and response measures
Your qualifications
Nobody meets 100% of our requirements. If you, however, meet some of the criteria below and are curious about the world of cybersecurity attack detection we'll be more than happy to meet you!
What we need from you
- Passion, drive, and a belief in the value of cybersecurity operations as an enabler of business performance
- Experience in development of cybersecurity attacks detection rules in complex corporate environment
- A track record of successful delivery in developing hypothesis-driven threat hunts, covering both on-premises and cloud-hosted IT environments
- A high level of integrity, result-oriented approach, and composure under pressure
- Strong communication, influencing, and collaboration skills
- Knowledge of detection rule development, covering tools (such as SIEM, EDRs) and industry frameworks (such as MITRE ATT&CK®)
Nice-to-have
- Expert proficiency in Python, Kusto, or other scripting language
- Experience working as a security analyst or incident responder (in a SOC / CSIRT / on-call setup)
- Experience with Azure security tooling and development within Azure
- Analysis of web traffic, underlying malware, lateral movement, TTPs detected through Microsoft and Linux security events, etc.
- Logfile correlation and analysis
- Malware and exploit analysis (or reverse engineering)
- Past collaboration with incident responders in developing detection rules and SOAR playbooks
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.
We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.
This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.
We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and / or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.
In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
