Demo

Detection Engineer

Gray Tier Technologies
Ashburn, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/30/2025

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Identify gaps in malicious activity detection capabilities
  • Create new signatures / rules to improve detection of malicious activity
  • Test and tune existing signatures / rules to ensure low rate of false positives
  • Assist in playbook development for alert triage and Incident Response
  • Define and implement alert and threat detection metrics, statistics, and analytics
  • Recommend new tools/technologies to improve network visibility
  • Support Incident Response and Forensic operations as required to include static/dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering
  • Author and maintain scripts for threat detection and automation

Basic Qualifications:

The Cyber Threat Detection Engineer SME shall have the following qualifications:

  • In-depth knowledge of Firewalls/Proxies/Intrusion Detection Systems/ Domain Name Servers/DHCP/VPN and other network technologies and tools
  • Experience updating, maintaining, and creating IDS variables within a complex enterprise network
  • Expert in creating, modifying, tuning IDS signatures/SIEM Correlation Searches/yara rules and/or other detection signatures
  • Familiarity with disk based forensic methodologies, Windows, and Linux forensic artifacts
  • Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools such as Carbon Black, Tanium, Crowdstrike, etc
  • Able to create, modify, update, and maintain Python and Powershell scripts that enhance endpoint detection capabilities
  • In-depth knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
  • Author, test, and maintain automation scripts within SOAR platform

The candidate must currently possess a Secret Clearance.

BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 8 years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cyber security or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience.

Should have 5 years of experience serving as a digital media analyst or as a computer forensic analyst.

Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications:

One of the following certifications:
SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA)
Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Detection Engineer?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Detection Engineer career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$87,093 - $107,335
Income Estimation: 
$111,725 - $147,313
Income Estimation: 
$112,673 - $137,290
Income Estimation: 
$140,233 - $181,029
Income Estimation: 
$161,209 - $233,553
Income Estimation: 
$99,793 - $130,112
Income Estimation: 
$125,027 - $157,872
Income Estimation: 
$87,466 - $114,731
Income Estimation: 
$114,790 - $146,930
Income Estimation: 
$115,647 - $153,495
Income Estimation: 
$112,673 - $137,290
Income Estimation: 
$139,945 - $168,577
Income Estimation: 
$140,233 - $181,029
Income Estimation: 
$161,209 - $233,553

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Detection Engineer.

Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

  • Automation Skill

    • Income Estimation: $54,738 - $70,072
    • Income Estimation: $50,271 - $79,025
  • Bilingual Skill

    • Income Estimation: $50,271 - $79,025
    • Income Estimation: $63,368 - $80,434
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Gray Tier Technologies

Gray Tier Technologies
Hired Organization Address DC Full Time
Gray Tier Technologies is a seeking an Senior Information Assurance Specialist located in the Washington DC area to supp...
Gray Tier Technologies
Hired Organization Address Ashburn, VA Full Time
Primary Responsibilities: Shift schedule: 7pm-7am, Thurs-Sat, every other Wednesday. · Utilize state of the art technolo...
Gray Tier Technologies
Hired Organization Address Arlington, VA Full Time
Gray Tier Technologies is looking for a Cyber Threat Hunter SME to support The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Hun...
Gray Tier Technologies
Hired Organization Address Arlington, VA Full Time
Gray Tier Technologies is looking for a SOC/Cyber Network Defense Analyst (CNDA) Senior to support The Department of Hom...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Detection Engineer jobs in the Ashburn, VA area that may be a better fit.

Detection Engineer

WarCollar Industries, LLC, Mc Lean, VA

Detection Engineer Analyst SME

Clear Ridge Defense, Quantico, VA

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!