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Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

CompanyObsidian Security
LocationPalo Alto, CA, USA
Salary$149000 – $208000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in security research, threat detection, or a related field.
  • Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, attack techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), and threat actor methodologies.
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, or other languages.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a passion for uncovering security threats.
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to frame security objectives to a variety of audiences
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, complex technical environment.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct in-depth security research to identify and analyze new threats, attack techniques, and adversarial behaviors.
  • Develop advanced threat detection logic and contribute to improving security analytics and response mechanisms.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate research-driven insights and improve the detection pipeline.
  • Work with threat intelligence sources and industry peers to stay ahead of adversary tactics and techniques.
  • Contribute to security blogs, whitepapers, and conference presentations to share research findings with the community.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience in penetration testing and red teaming against complex systems.
  • Familiarity across multiple domains: deep understanding of security engineering, network and system security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and devices and application security.
  • Experience with log analysis, anomaly detection, and behavioral analytics for security event monitoring.
  • Experience in Security Data Engineering with streaming pipelines: You’ve built production-grade ETL data processing pipelines end to end using Kafka / PubSub, Spark / Flink, Athena / BigQuery, or similar.