Security Engineer - MDR

About the role

As an MDR Threat Hunter, you will proactively identify, analyze, and translate emerging threats into actionable detection capabilities within mission-critical environments. You will operate on a central MDR platform to improve detection coverage by combining deep technical understanding with a strong security mindset. This role bridges security engineering, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to deliver tailored detection and response for complex customer landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve detection use cases based on emerging threats and observed behaviour.
• Translate threat scenarios and security insights into actionable detection logic.
• Proactively perform threat hunting on the environment to identify abnormal or suspicious patterns.
• Analyse logs and telemetry data to uncover behaviours that are not yet covered by existing detections.
• Define what should happen when detections trigger, including response actions, automation, and escalation paths.
• Actively follow security developments and vulnerabilities to translate these into new hunts and detections.
• Translate findings into clear, actionable communication for engineers and stakeholders.

Required skills

• Automation
• Linux
• Networking
• Python
• Bash
• SIEM
• Log analytics
• OpenSearch
• Elastic
• Splunk
• Sentinel
• Security principles

Nice to have

• SOAR
• Security automation
• Threat hunting
• Detection engineering
• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Git

Benefits

• Training
• Mentoring
• Knowledge sharing events
• Productive equipment
• Food and drinks
• Team outings
• Family days

About the Company

Schuberg Philis is a community of engineers focused on high security standards, automation, and making a sustainable impact on customers' business. The company emphasizes freedom and responsibility, fostering a culture of growth through training, mentoring, and active participation in tech communities.