WatchGuard Technologies · 8 hours ago
Security Engineer
Seattle, Washington
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$90K/yr - $105K/yrWatchGuard Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Engineer to join their MDR Data Science and Security Engineering team. The role involves building and maintaining detections, enhancing the use of Stellar Cyber XDR, and collaborating with the SOC team to improve alert quality and automate investigations.
Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Complete onboarding and gain familiarity with how we use Stellar
Shadow SOC analysts to understand current workflows and pain points
Begin contributing to small improvements in queries, dashboards, or documentation
Own key components of Stellar: queries, automations, dashboards, and documentation
Handle SOC escalations, including tuning alert templates and making exclusions
Use tools like Kibana and SQL to investigate logs and detections
Collaborate with the team to identify and scope new detection opportunities
Help in the development of new detection sets
Help bridge the gap between SOC runbooks and our Automated Investigation Engine (AIE)
Contribute to detection and data documentation
Optionally, write Jupyter notebook modules to support automated analysis
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience working with Stellar Cyber XDR
Understanding of how to navigate Stellar Cyber XDR queries, dashboards, and automations
Experience working with data
Ability to write code
Experience building tools that enhance security operations
Comfortable navigating ambiguity
Passionate about learning new things in the cybersecurity and AI domains
Excited to make a real impact on threat detection and response
Preferred
Experience with Kibana
Experience with SQL
Experience writing Jupyter notebook modules for automated analysis
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
Healthcare FSA
FSA with employer contribution
10 holidays
15 days of paid annual leave
9 days of paid sick time
Paid parental leave
401(k) with employer match
Education assistance program
Dependent Care FSA match
Adoption assistance
Fertility care support
Backup care for family and pets
A growing network of employee resource groups
Employee referral program
Employee Assistance Program
Company
WatchGuard Technologies
WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in unified cybersecurity.
Founded in 1996
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2022-04-27Acquired
2006-08-17Private Equity
1999-07-30IPO
Leadership Team
HoJin Kim
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Dave McNamara
Vice President, Global Sales Strategy
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