Keeper Security

Keeper Security

Senior Detection Engineer (SIEM / Security Observability)

Remote, US · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 96 days ago
PythonAWSCloud PlatformsDatadogCybersecuritySIEMPipeline ManagementZero TrustCommunication

About the role

  • Description Keeper Security is seeking a Senior Detection Engineer to advance detection engineering, SIEM operations, and security telemetry across a globally distributed, cloud-native environment.
  • This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain detection and telemetry capabilities across Datadog, SentinelOne, and Wiz
  • Develop, test, and tune high-fidelity detection rules aligned to real-world attack scenarios and adversary behaviors
  • Implement and mature detection-as-code practices for scalable, version-controlled, and testable rule management
  • Build and optimize log ingestion, parsing, normalization, enrichment, and retention pipelines
  • Partner with Security Operations to improve triage workflows, incident response readiness, and escalation quality
  • Build dashboards, analytics, and reporting that support operational decision-making across Security, SRE, and Engineering
  • Perform detection gap assessments and evolve use cases based on threat intelligence, threat hunting, and emerging risks
  • Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, product, and compliance teams to strengthen secure logging and observability patterns throughout the software development lifecycle
  • HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration
  • Application responses and uploaded documents

Requirements

  • 5-8+ years of experience in detection engineering, SIEM engineering, security engineering, or security observability
  • Hands-on experience with SIEM, security analytics, or observability platforms, such as Datadog, SentinelOne, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, or similar tools
  • Strong understanding of security telemetry across cloud, endpoint, identity, and application environments
  • Experience with log parsing, normalization, enrichment, and pipeline management
  • Proficiency in scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, or similar
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with Security Operations, Engineering, Infrastructure, and SRE teams
  • explicit consent where required

Nice to have

  • Experience with Datadog Cloud SIEM, SentinelOne, Wiz, or similar modern security platforms
  • Experience with observability concepts including logs, metrics, traces, and instrumentation
  • Experience with SOAR, workflow automation, or response orchestration
  • Familiarity with Sigma or other detection-as-code frameworks
  • Experience in high-scale SaaS, cloud-native, or security product environments
  • Familiarity with zero-trust architectures, identity-centric security, and privileged access management
  • Strong knowledge of cloud environments, with AWS preferred

Skills

  • Keeper's cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally.
  • Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries.
  • About Keeper
  • Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment.
  • Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.
  • About the Job

Compensation

  • Above market annual bonuses

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
  • Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
  • Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
  • A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program.

Visa & Work Authorization

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This listing is sourced directly from Keeper Security's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.