Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering
Description For Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering
Intuit, a leading global financial technology platform powering popular products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, is seeking a Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering to build and lead their new detection engineering team. This is a critical technical leadership role that will shape the future of Intuit's Security Operations Center (SOC).
The position offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $202,000 to $334,500 depending on location, along with bonus potential and equity rewards. This role combines technical expertise in security with leadership responsibilities, requiring someone who can both architect security solutions and build high-performing teams.
As the Manager of Threat Detection Engineering, you'll be responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for detection engineering programs, establishing metrics, and driving continuous improvement. The role requires deep technical knowledge in SIEM implementation, incident response, and security automation, combined with strong leadership and communication skills.
Key technical areas include working with SIEM and Data Lake solutions, query languages, cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and security frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK. You'll need to understand both the technical aspects of security and the broader business context to be effective in this role.
The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of industry experience in Incident Response or Security Operations, with 3+ years of leadership experience in a SOC environment. You'll be working with cutting-edge security technologies while leading a team that's essential to protecting Intuit's global platform and its 100 million customers.
This role offers the opportunity to work remotely while making a significant impact on the security posture of a major financial technology platform. You'll be part of a company that values innovation, technical excellence, and the prosperity of its customers and employees.
If you're passionate about security, have strong technical skills, and want to lead a team that's building the next generation of threat detection capabilities, this role at Intuit offers an exciting opportunity to advance your career while working on meaningful challenges at scale.
Responsibilities For Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering
- Define detection engineering strategy, roadmap, and objectives
- Build and mature detection engineering processes and standard patterns
- Build new detection capabilities based on research of new attack techniques
- Evaluate, validate, tune, and sunset detection capabilities
- Identify and close gaps in detection coverage
- Build runbooks and playbooks for SOC analysts
- Work with system owners, SIEM team, and Detection Operations
- Define and manage coverage and efficacy metrics
- Lead root cause analysis for detection quality issues
- Participate in Cyber Incident Response Team rotation
Requirements For Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering
- BA/BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years industry experience in Incident Response or Security Operations
- 3+ years leadership experience in SOC or similar role
- Technical proficiency in security investigations at scale
- Experience with SIEM and Data Lake solutions
- Expertise with query languages (SQL, SPL, BigQuery)
- Strong fundamentals of Linux, MacOS, and Windows operating systems
- Understanding of cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with coding languages (Python, Go)
- Experience with security frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK
- Understanding of Machine Learning concepts
- Experience with forensic data capture and analysis
Benefits For Manager 3, Threat Detection Engineering
- Competitive compensation
- Cash bonus
- Equity rewards
