Senior Security Engineer

About

Glocomms is partnering with a global quantitative investment firm in NYC to hire a Senior Security Engineer focused on detection and response.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate security alerts and events across multiple systems and data sources to identify potential threats.
• Lead and coordinate incident response efforts, including investigation, containment, remediation, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
• Configure, maintain, and enhance security monitoring and response technologies, including detection rules and system tuning.
• Design and implement high-quality detection logic across security platforms to improve threat visibility.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams to strengthen detection capabilities, including onboarding new data sources, enriching telemetry, and developing use cases, playbooks, and automated response workflows.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting activities based on intelligence insights and emerging threat patterns.
• Engage with external service providers, partners, and third-party stakeholders as needed.
• Contribute to long-term improvements in detection and response maturity through strategic planning and process enhancement.

Required Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in information security, with at least 3 years focused on detection and response functions.
• Proven ability to develop and implement custom detection use cases.
• Hands-on experience with incident response and digital forensics analysis.
• Experience deploying, optimizing, and supporting security tools such as SIEM platforms, threat intelligence solutions, and security automation technologies.
• Strong understanding of attacker behavior, including tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Solid technical foundation in networking concepts and operating systems.
• Experience working in environments that span both cloud and on-premises infrastructure across diverse operating systems.
• Familiarity with automation, CI/CD pipelines, or DevOps practices is beneficial.
• Working knowledge of scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders at various levels.
• Self-driven approach with a focus on continuous improvement, efficiency, and automation.