Senior Security Engineer, Cloud Threat Detection

The Hartford

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Hartford, CTCharlotte, NCColumbus, OHChicago, IL
Salary
$128,400–$192,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
69 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About The Hartford

The Hartford is a leading provider of property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds, serving businesses and individuals across the United States. Industry: Insurance & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer, Cloud Threat Detection

The Sr. Security Engineer - Cloud Threat Detection joins the Information Protection organization to design and enhance enterprise-scale cloud threat detection capabilities across AWS and Google Cloud Platform. The role involves developing high-fidelity detections, integrating cloud telemetry into Splunk Risk-Based Alerting and the enterprise SIEM, and improving visibility into cloud-based threats. Key responsibilities include deploying detection content, normalizing security telemetry, and mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK. The candidate will utilize tools such as AWS GuardDuty, CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, AWS Config, Google Security Command Center, Cloud Logging, and third-party platforms like Orca, CrowdStrike, and Wiz. This position solves the technical challenge of securing multi-cloud environments by creating analytics, dashboards, and investigation guides while mentoring SOC analysts on cloud attack techniques and incident response workflows.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $193000 from 107 postings across 42 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy detection content for AWS and GCP threats.
  • Integrate and normalize cloud security telemetry from AWS and GCP into the enterprise SIEM.
  • Create and maintain SIEM detections, risk-based analytics, dashboards, and alerting content.
  • Tune and optimize detection logic to reduce false positives and improve coverage.
  • Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK and participate in adversary emulation and purple team exercises.
  • Develop detection requirements and enrichment strategies to support AI/SOAR automation.
  • Create and maintain SOPs, runbooks, and investigation guides for cloud-based alerts.
  • Train and mentor SOC analysts on cloud attack techniques and investigation workflows.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of cybersecurity experience in security operations, incident response, threat detection, or detection engineering.
  • Hands-on operational experience securing both AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS and GCP security services and cloud attack methodologies.
  • Experience developing and tuning enterprise SIEM detections using cloud telemetry.
  • Experience integrating cloud-native security tools and log sources into platforms like Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or QRadar.
  • Experience training and mentoring SOC analysts on cloud threat investigation and triage processes.
  • Ability to create operational documentation, investigation guides, SOPs, and analyst playbooks.

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