Vanguard
AIThreatDetectionEngineer,SeniorSpecialist
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“AI Threat Detection Engineer, Senior Specialist at Vanguard. Skills: AI Threat Detection, Security Operations, Automation. Respond to cyber security alerts. Investigate security incidents”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years programming/scripting, 5+ years cloud platforms, 4+ years automation solutions, 4+ years security technologies, 5+ years SIEM platforms
Nice to Have
Hands-on AI/GenAI/LLM development
What You'll Do.
Respond to cyber security alerts
Investigate security incidents
Identify attack patterns
Suggest mitigation strategies
Monitor for compromises
Detect vulnerabilities
Detect network security threats
Facilitate security operations
Facilitate incident response
Develop security controls
Manage security controls
Maintain security controls
Enhance security controls
Streamline SOC operations
Improve SOC efficiency
Support LLM use cases
Evaluate AI technologies
Contribute to SOC innovation
Implement AI safeguards
Implement AI controls
Ensure secure AI usage
Ensure responsible AI usage
Build automation workflows
Write maintainable code
Write production-ready code
Collaborate with security teams
Collaborate with engineering teams
Collaborate with platform teams
Deliver AI-enabled solutions
Support AI agent development
Support AI agent deployment
Apply AI best practices
Mentor junior team members
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Security teams; Engineering teams; Platform teams
Full Job Description
The AI Threat Detection Engineer, Senior Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing AI-driven capabilities that enhance Security Operations Center (SOC) effectiveness. This role focuses on building automation and intelligent solutions to improve threat detection, streamline workflows, and reduce manual effort. Working closely with senior engineers and cross-functional teams, this individual contributes to the delivery of secure, scalable solutions that support SOC modernization. **Core Responsibilities** * Leads and responds to escalated cyber security alerts, cyber incidents, or related security investigations. Identifies real-time complex attack patterns and suggests mitigation strategies. * Leads the processes, tools and measures to monitor and detect compromises, risks, vulnerabilities, network security threats, tools and tactics used by modern and emerging threat actors. Facilitates security operations and incident response technologies and methodologies. * Develops, manages, maintains and enhances security controls (alerts, rules, policies, and signatures) for the security platforms. * Develop and enhance AI agents to streamline SOC operations and improve efficiency * Design and optimize prompts and workflows to support LLM-based security use cases * Evaluate emerging AI technologies and contribute to innovation within the SOC * Implement safeguards and controls to ensure secure and responsible AI usage * Build APIs, integrations, and automation workflows to support AI-driven capabilities * Write clean, maintainable, and production-ready code aligned with engineering best practices * Collaborate with security, engineering, and platform teams to deliver AI-enabled solutions * Support AI agent development and deployment across SOC use cases * Stay current on AI advancements and apply best practices to ongoing work * Mentors junior team members to improve their technical acumen * Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigne
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