Role:

Detection Engineers are responsible for ensuring our customers are protected against emerging threats served through the ad ecosystem. This role is critical to quickly identifying / blocking malvertising, scams and other malicious content that bad actors are attempting to serve through our customers and partners. This role will help operationalize, prioritize, and develop custom detection logic to stop malicious actors in the ad ecosystem. Having a background in security detection, being able to write and test detection logic are key to success in this role.

Top attributes we look for in a candidate:

• Ability to quickly pick up new skills and integrate these skills
• Passion for security and fighting digital criminals
• Audacity to change the way digital ecosystem work

Responsibilities:

• Analyze datasets to find new, previously unknown attacks using a number of different systems (SQL, log telemetry, etc.)
• Independently develop detection logic in a high level language like Python
• Validate and tune detection logic created by detection engineers
• Document detection logic for internal and external use
• Ensure robust detection coverage of malvertising threats
• Analyze web-based threats being delivered through ads, reverse engineer and analyze heavily obfuscated JS code
• Work with customers to identify detection coverage gaps, false positives, or other detection-related issues
• Work with Threat Intelligence team to identify / document new actors, techniques and tactics being utilized in malicious ads

Requirements:

As a member of the Confiant team, the Detection Engineer needs to be comfortable in a role that requires constant learning, maintaining regular communication with team members, working collaboratively across teams, adapting to changing circumstances, and embodying Confiant’s values.

• 4+ years of security experience in threat hunting, threat emulation or security tool development
• 1+ years of custom detection development (IDS, Endpoint, SIEM, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of web-delivered threats, specifically with HTML & JS content
• Experience reverse engineering and analyzing web threats
• Capable of writing scripts in Python

Desired Experience:

• Prior experience working in the AdTech or Security Industries
• Prior experience at a startup, or small company (under 50)
• Experience pattern matching using regular expressions (regex)
• Writing custom SQL queries, being able to analyze unstructured data
• High degree of proficiency with a high level language like Python
• Understanding of modern web threats

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary package, stock options and a comprehensive benefits plan. Some of our benefits include health insurance with dental and vision, retirement with an automatic contribution, unlimited paid time off, flexible working hours, sabbatical and company sponsored professional development.