Nscale
AI Infrastructure
StaffSecurityEngineer-SecurityData,DetectionandAutomation
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“Staff Security Engineer - Security Data, Detection and Automation at Nscale. Skills: Security Data, Detection Engineering, Automation. Design security telemetry architecture. Build telemetry source map”
What You'll Achieve.
Turn raw telemetry into outcomes; Strengthen internal ownership; Improve operational quality; Improve consistency of outcomes; Improve explainability of outcomes; Improve actionability of outcomes; Connect security operations to risk reduction
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in detection engineering, 8+ years in security data engineering, 8+ years in SIEM engineering, 8+ years in security automation, 8+ years in incident response engineering, Hands-on SIEM experience, Hands-on security analytics experience, Hands-on log management experience, Hands-on detection platforms experience, Ability in coding, Ability in scripting, Ability in querying, Ability in detection-content development, Experience building detection logic, Experience with detection testing, Experience with threat hunting, Experience with incident response, Experience with alert tuning, Experience with runbook development, Ability to design scalable data pipelines, Ability to design enrichment flows, Ability to design automations, Understanding of attacker TTPs, Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, Understanding of identity attacks, Understanding of cloud attacks, Understanding of endpoint telemetry, Understanding of insider-threat indicators
Nice to Have
SOAR experience preferred, Case management experience preferred, Detection-as-code experience preferred, GitOps experience preferred, CI/CD experience preferred, Automated detection testing experience preferred, Experience measuring MDR performance preferred, Experience measuring SOC performance preferred, Experience measuring managed detection provider performance preferred, Experience using AI preferred, Experience using agentic workflows preferred
What You'll Do.
Design security telemetry architecture
Build telemetry source map
Establish data quality standards
Establish parser quality standards
Establish ingestion health standards
Establish field normalization standards
Establish source ownership standards
Create daily source-health reporting
Create daily scoring for data quality
Own detection engineering lifecycle
Define high-value detection use cases
Apply TTP-led threat modeling
Validate detection coverage
Build automation workflows
Design scalable data pipelines
Design enrichment flows
Implement detection-as-code
Use automation to improve outcomes
Measure MDR/SOC performance
Create case-quality review loop
Produce security dashboards
Produce executive reporting
Improve alert explainability
Partner with security leadership
Collaborate with Identity hires
Collaborate with Vulnerability Management hires
Connect engineering stakeholders
Connect operational stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional partnership; Adjacent teams; Security leadership; Identity management; Vulnerability management
Communication Scope
Executive reporting; Alert explainability
Process & Methodology
Detection-as-code, GitOps, CI/CD
Full Job Description
About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role We are hiring a Senior Staff Engineer - Security Data, Detection and Automation to build the telemetry, detection, response automation, case-quality metrics, and reporting foundation for an increasingly Nscale-owned SOC capability. This role sits at the intersection of security engineering, data engineering, detection engineering, and security operations. You will work across endpoint, identity, SaaS, cloud, network, vulnerability, and production access domains, partnering closely with security leadership as well as adjacent teams shaping identity and vulnerability management requirements. Your impact will be strategic and measurable. The focus is not to create more alerts, but to turn raw telemetry into reliable, explainable, high-signal security outcomes that strengthen internal ownership of detection logic, containment decisions, runbooks, executive metrics, case quality, and automation. What you'll be doing Security Telemetry and Data Foundations Design security telemetry architecture across endpoint security, security analytics, identity platforms, SaaS systems, cloud platforms, vulnerability tools, endpoint inventory, and p
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