Threat Detection Engineer

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer for a leading technology organization in the cybersecurity industry. The Threat Detection Engineer is a Remote position operating on PST business hours. An ideal candidate for the Threat Detection Engineer is an experienced cybersecurity professional with a strong background in rapid incident response, threat detection, security monitoring, incident investigation, and proactive threat analysis. The successful candidate will be skilled in leveraging security tools and data sources to quickly identify potential risks, investigate suspicious activity, and strengthen the organization's overall security posture.

Responsibilities of the Threat Detection Engineer:

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and investigations focused on insider threats, suspicious user behavior, and protection of critical intellectual property.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and tune advanced Splunk detections, correlation searches, risk rules, and RBA workflows using SPL.
• Configure and optimize UEBA detections and behavioral analytics to identify high-risk activity across enterprise environments.
• Produce detailed investigative reports, technical documentation, and actionable recommendations to support security operations and risk mitigation.
  
  

Qualifications of the Threat Detection Engineer:

• 8+ years of experience conducting digital threat investigations, insider threat analysis, and forensic investigations.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including writing complex SPL queries from scratch and developing production-ready detections.
• Strong experience with Risk-Based Alerting (RBA), User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and security detection engineering methodologies.
• Proven ability to translate threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK techniques into operational detections, response workflows, and measurable security outcomes.
  
  

Compensation for the Threat Detection Engineer includes:

• Salary range:
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), sick leave as required by law, and PTO.
  
  

This job opens for applications on 10/16/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.