Principal Threat Detection Operations Engineer
Target
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This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $145,000–$209,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $177k for comparable roles.
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Fiserv is a global leader in financial services technology, providing core banking platforms, payment processing, digital banking, and merchant acquiring solutions to financial institutions and businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments
Fiserv currently has 106 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $123,750–$201,000 across 74 roles with salary data.
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The Threat Detection & Automation Engineer joins the Cyber Security Operations team to enable end-to-end detection engineering across telemetry onboarding, content development, and response automation. This role involves researching adversarial techniques to create high-fidelity detections, building production-grade security infrastructure within Google SecOps, and managing full telemetry lifecycles including parsing and normalization. The engineer will develop custom integrations using APIs, webhooks, and event-driven patterns while creating dashboards and reports utilizing SQL, statistical analysis, and machine learning. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, and tools like EDR, IDS/NDR, and WAF. The role focuses on solving complex cybersecurity use cases by improving detection fidelity and reducing response times through automated workflows and infrastructure as code. Collaboration with threat intelligence and red teams ensures robust defense across hybrid environments using Agile methodologies.
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