Detection Engineer - Remote

Overview

Binary Defense is seeking an experienced and motivated Detection Engineer to join our growing Detection Engineering team.

In Short

• Responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining high-quality detections across various platforms.
• Hands-on contributor in a modern, automation-driven environment.
• Focus on threat modeling, detection choke points, and automation.
• Design and implement detections using a detection-as-code approach.
• Collaborate with Threat Intel, Incident Response, and Cloud Security teams.
• Analyze telemetry sources to identify detection use cases.
• Participate in adversary simulation and detection validation efforts.
• Support documentation of detection logic and response guidance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of detection engineering workflows.
• Work with world-class detection engineers in a GitOps-driven environment.

Requirements

• 2–5+ years of experience in detection engineering or threat hunting.
• Strong proficiency with Python and REST APIs.
• Experience writing detection logic in Sigma, YARA-L, or similar.
• Familiarity with telemetry sources and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Able to learn new security technologies quickly.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401k match that vests every payroll.
• Flexible and remote-friendly work environment.
• Training opportunities to expand your skill set.
• Work with cutting-edge attack simulation tools.