Senior Security Engineer
Insight Global
Job description
Position : Sr Security Engineer
Location: Remote EST hours
Duration: 12 month contract to hire
Pay range: $70-$75/hr
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Senior Information Security Engineer, you will be part of the Security Operations Center (SOC) team, supporting the detection, analysis, and response to security threats across the organization focusing on threat hunting and detection engineering. This senior level demands mastery in identifying stealthy attacks and anomalies, designing high-fidelity detection logic, and mentoring peers. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, driving technical excellence with humility, accountability, and ownership. You will work closely with analysts and engineers in the information security group as an escalation point for incidents to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems and data.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• 5+ Years working as a Senior Security Engineer
• 5+ years in threat hunting, detection engineering, or similar SOC/IR roles.
• Demonstrable experience authoring threat hunts, detection rules, and analytics using frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and open-source formats such as Sigma .
• Comprehensive familiarity and experience with well-known security tools and technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Eagerness to learn and adaptability to change.
• Basic scripting abilities, experience with SOAR and familiarity with agentic AI solutions.
• Experience with documentation tools and technical writing.
• Experience with cloud-native threat detection and tuning
• Familiarity and experience with threat modeling, adversary simulations, and red-team/blue-team exercises.
Plus:
• Certifications: GCIH, GCIA, GCTI, GMON, SANS FOR508/610, OSCP or relevant cloud security certs (CCSP, Azure, etc).