Senior Detection Engineer

Overview:

Dragos is seeking a highly skilled Senior Detection Engineer to join our Protocol Asset Identification Team. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in enhancing the security of operational technology (OT) environments. Collaborating closely with our team of expert protocol reverse engineers and developers, the Principal Detection Engineer will be responsible for the identification and classification of OT assets. This critical function supports the development of comprehensive vulnerability mappings and the advancement of threat detection capabilities. 

• Participate in efforts for discovering and cataloging OT assets using advanced detection methodologies. 
• Work in tandem with reverse engineers to decipher proprietary protocols and uncover asset attributes using vendor documentation and protocol specifications. 
• Partner with developers to integrate findings into Dragos’s threat detection and response platform. 
• Contribute to the creation of detection logic and rules for real-time threat monitoring of atomic operations. 
• Troubleshoot and fix both internal engine configurations and python analytics use for asset identification and atomic operations. 
• Integrate with teams CI/CD and testing standards, authoring unit, integration, and end two end tests to verify characterizations and detections are working as expected.  
• Collect PCAPs using OSINT, Generate PCAPs utilizing test range, or craft PCAPs utilizing software to use in both detection development and regression testing.  

• 5+ years in cyber security related field; operations, threat hunting, detection development, offensive operations, threat emulation, security research, or security tool development
• 1+ year of development experience with python in a production DevOps environment. 
• Experience with analysis of network packet captures (PCAPs) and traffic using tools such as Wireshark and Network Miner.
• Experience using Suricata, Wireshark/tshark for network packet capture (PCAPs) analysis, and SIEM tools.
• Familiarity with containerized solutions for debugging. 
• A solid understanding of both Linux and windows command line tools for debugging.
• Strong ability to conduct open-source research.  

• Base Salary: $145,000
• Competitive equity package
• Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K with match)

Dragos is the Industrial Cybersecurity expert on a relentless mission to safeguard civilization. In a world of rising cybersecurity threats, Dragos protects the most critical infrastructure – those that provide us with the tenets of modern civilization – from increasingly capable adversaries who wish to do it harm. Devoted to codifying and sharing our in-depth industry knowledge of ICS/OT systems, Dragos arms industrial defenders around the world with the knowledge and tools to protect their systems as effectively and efficiently as possible. Founded by world-class industrial intelligence experts, Dragos has the industry’s largest team of ICS/OT practitioners who have been on the front lines of the world’s most significant industrial cyber-attacks.
 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values at Dragos, and we are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for all. We know that every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and discover, design, and deliver solutions. Not only does a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focus enrich our environment and teams, but it is also critical to our success as we defend against adversaries all over the world. The broad range of ideas, experiences, and perspectives is critical to our success.
 
Dragos is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local laws. All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment.
 

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