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This role is a technical subject matter expert responsible for assuring the quality of detecting engineering outputs, including setting engineering standards. They review and approve detections, tuning requests, and automation changes for production, mentor engineers, and manage sprints/backlogs. The senior detection engineer is accountable for the technical integrity of detections into production, ensuring all development of code, testing, validation, and documentation is fit for purpose for operational teams.
Job Responsibility:
Support and mentor peers in detection engineering concepts to build a culture of learning within the team
Take ownership of assigned detection engineering work, demonstrating accountability for technical quality, testing, and documentation
Demonstrate critical thinking, structured problem solving, and focus on outcomes
Embed a threat led mindset in all detection development activities and challenge if something doesn’t align
Maintain a growth mindset which encourages continuous learning and uplift across the Cyber team
Deliver end-to-end detections through approved CI/CD workflows and detection engineering pipelines
Review and technically approve detection rules to ensure documentation, logic, and testing meet defined engineering standards
Assess detection backlog priority according to the defined priority framework to ensure all high detection requests are implemented promptly with no false positive impact in the queue
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives including documentation refinement, optimizing current workflows, and aligning to new engineering standards
Maintain a tidy code repository to support software engineering best practices using CI/CD pipelines
Conduct continuous validation and testing of detections against known malicious behaviours
Review and approve all detection, automation, and log changes before production deployment, ensuring quality, safety, and operational alignment
Provides technical approval and quality assurance for detections prior to production, with final production readiness owned by the Lead Detection Engineer
Refine and optimise detection rules to minimise false positives and collaborate with teams to identify new detection requirements
Drive cross‑team collaboration, enabling a One Team culture through open communication, shared problem‑solving, and alignment across Cyber Defense and Digital teams
Recommend and prioritise log sources required to support detection coverage and investigative visibility
Requirements:
5-8 years' experience in cybersecurity, with significant experience in detection engineering and testing validation
Proficient in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD technologies
Proficient in Git & GitHub for code and version control management
Proficient competency in KQL development to hunt and develop
Strong understanding in data analytics and data storage
Proactive and critical thinking to tie detection recommendations back to threat led detection coverage