Senior Cyber Threat Detection Engineer

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McKesson's Senior Threat Detection Engineer will be a member of our global cyber threat detection and response organization responsible for advancing our detection capabilities and tools. This team is responsible for building detection content, enabling integration, automation, enrichment, and performance of alerts. This role enables speed, quality, and coverage for threats for security operations and reduce risk to McKesson business operations.

Position Description/Responsibilities

• Develop detection use-cases against a backlog and incident response or Intel needs
• Develop detection workflows, automation, and alert enrichment
• Write detection and correlation rules to identify threats across our stack
• Integrate various tools and technologies to form a coherent detection story
• Analyze and correlate data from various log sources and identify gaps
• Assist in identifying and onboarding logs that create detection value
• Build indexes and dashboards to help enable threat priority
• Develop deep understanding of data models, macros, field alias, and field extractions

Critical Requirements

• Exceptional Splunk SPL knowledge
• Advanced XML knowledge for enhanced dashboards
• Practical experience with threat intelligence IOCs and TTPs
• Experience developing use cases, priorities, and change requests
• Ability to measure coverage across common frameworks (e.g. MITRE)

• Experience developing metrics that measure key performance indicators in alerts
• Experience shaping engineering requirements for features, tools, or data improvements.
• Knowledge working with data, scripting, normalizing, and automating inputs and outputs.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

Following Qualifications would be advantageous:

• 5+ years of professional experience in two or more of the following domains: detection engineering, data engineering, incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, Security Engineering,
• Big + Splunk Certifications (1 and 2), Automation certifications (Security with Python SEC573)

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$118,100 - $196,900

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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