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Senior Threat Detection Engineer - Intelligence

Miro · Austin, TX · 5 days ago
HybridEngineeringFull-time

About the role

The Cloud Security & Detection & Response (CSDR) team protects Miro by staying ahead of credible threats. We focus on:

  • Translating external threat intelligence into actionable detections
  • Building custom, high-fidelity detections for cloud and SaaS environments
  • Leading complex investigations and incident response
  • Partnering with engineering to drive security by design

Responsibilities

Track emerging threats, attacker techniques, and campaigns relevant to cloud and SaaS

Turn threat intelligence into practical detection strategies and attack hypotheses

Design and maintain context-aware detections across cloud, identity, and application layers

Lead deep investigations, from first signal to root cause and remediation

Act as a technical lead during security incidents, guiding response and decision-making

Analyze detection and investigation trends to improve preventative controls

Possess a deep understanding of incident response and digital forensics

Partner with engineering teams to raise security maturity across the organization

Requirements

5–7 years in security, with 2+ years in threat detection, threat intelligence, or investigations

Experience in cloud-native SaaS environments (AWS strongly preferred)

Strong investigation skills and ability to analyze attacker behavior

Experience using threat intelligence to inform detection and response

Proficiency in Python and comfort automating security workflows

Experience querying large datasets (SQL or similar)

Familiarity with cloud security telemetry, logging, and detection platforms

Solid understanding of incident response and digital forensics

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)

Qualifications

Think in attacker TTPs, not just alerts or dashboards

Enjoy investigating ambiguous signals and turning them into clear conclusions

Have experience in threat intelligence, threat hunting, or security investigations

Care about why something is happening, not just what fired

Want to build detection programs that evolve with the threat landscape

Are comfortable explaining technical risk in business terms

Skills

This role is not a fit if you’re mainly focused on compliance, policy writing, or managing vendors.

Benefits

We want you to feel supported, connected, and ready to grow. Our global benefits package generally includes equity, a wellbeing benefit, a WFH equipment allowance, and an annual Learning & Development stipend. Join a diverse team where you can do your best work.

Full benefits may differ per location. If you would like to learn more about location-specific benefits, please refer to our Global Miro benefits board.

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