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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