What are the responsibilities and job description for the Threat Detection Engineer position at Western Union?
Threat Detection Engineer – Denver, CO (Hybrid)
Are you a passionate security professional? Do you want to work for a global business that is committed to moving money for the better? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Threat Detection Engineer!
Western Union powers your pursuit.
In this critical role, you will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and managing SIEM solutions deployed throughout the security operations center (CFC). Working alongside cybersecurity engineering teams, the information security engineer facilitates architectural designs, best practices, and build advanced threat detection rules. This role is also responsible for providing support to the incident response, Insider Threat, ASR, Threat Intelligence, security operations and security audits during United States hours.
Role Responsibilities
- Develop use cases and create threat detection logic, rules, and alerting in SIEM and Analytics tools for response by CFC / IR
- Work with Threat Intel to identify and recommend new internal and external data sources to develop additional adverse based detection logic
- Onboarding new data sources and data normalization according to use case's needs.
- Operationalize Indicator of Compromise from intelligence feeds by developing, testing, and deploying monitoring and alerting rules into SIEM or Analytic solutions.
- Responsible for providing support to the incident response, Insider Threat, ASR, Threat Intelligence, security operations and security audits during US hours.
Role Requirements
Salary
The base salary range is $130,000 – 150,000 USD per year, total on target compensation includes a base salary and short-term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates’ qualifications, skills, and competencies.
Benefits
You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few (). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.
Your United States – specific benefits include :
Family First Program
Flexible Time off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.
Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location.
The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.
Salary : $130,000 - $150,000
