The Senior Detection Engineer position is a technical subject matter expert for the Humana detection engineering team. You will work closely with EIP's Threat Management and Response teams as well as other Information Security and IT teams. You will report to the Associate Director, SIEM Engineering.
As a Senior Detection Engineer, you will be responsible for technical execution and delivery of Detection Engineering capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join an engineering focused security team that leverages automation and AI/ML capabilities with a cutting-edge detection-as-code CI/CD pipeline.
This role has responsibility for delivering and curating custom threat detection content in Splunk, partnering closely with EIP groups such as Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), Threat Hunting, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and IT teams such as Enterprise Observability to deliver threat detection services. This role will also lead and participate in defensive security projects and initiatives to defend Humana and its members against the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape.
Skills
Develop custom tools and leverage automation and orchestration for threat detections, malware research and threat intelligence needs.
Strong familiarity of MITRE ATT&CK or similar frameworks.
Creation and maintenance of policy, standards, procedures, and documentation
Use KPIs and other metrics to identify opportunities for process improvements.
Experience working under and providing support for regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC2, etc.
You should be located within 50 miles of one of our Hub sites or be willing to relocate to one of these areas. These sites are in Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Ft. Lauderdale or Tampa FL, Louisville KY, Baltimore DC Metro, Nashville TN, or New York Metro NY.
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology or a related field is preferred.
Minimum of 4 years' experience with threat hunting, threat research, threat intelligence or incident response.
Expert level understanding of the threat landscape in adversary tools such as command-and-control (C2) frameworks, remote management and access tools (RMMs), credential theft utilities, proxy and tunneling tools, cloud attack tooling, data exfiltration utilities, malware loaders, ransomware, and post-exploitation frameworks, as well as the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with their use.
Experience with SIEM technologies such as Splunk (preferred), Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle, Elastic Stack, Rapid7, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Exabeam, Cortex, LogRhythm, IBM QRadar.
Deep understanding of how complex, multi-stage malware functions.
Advanced knowledge of security endpoint detection and response, network forensics and malware analysis across systems whether on premise or in varied cloud environments consisting of physical or virtual workloads.
Extensive experience creating and maintaining custom threat detection rules, leveraging enrichment data from threat intel and attack surface services.
Preferred Qualifications
Professional certification in a relevant cybersecurity field (i.e., OSCP, GCTI, GREM, etc)
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 4 years' experience with threat hunting, threat research, threat intelligence or incident response
- Expert-level understanding of adversary tools (C2 frameworks, RMMs, credential theft, proxy/tunneling, cloud attack tooling, exfiltration utilities, malware loaders, ransomware, post-exploitation) and associated TTPs
- Experience with SIEM technologies (examples: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle, Elastic Stack, Rapid7, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Exabeam, Cortex, LogRhythm, IBM QRadar)
- Experience with Splunk
- Deep understanding of how complex, multi-stage malware functions
- Advanced knowledge of endpoint detection and response, network forensics and malware analysis across on-premise and cloud environments
- Extensive experience creating and maintaining custom threat detection rules and leveraging enrichment from threat intel and attack surface services
- Develop custom tools and leverage automation and orchestration for threat detections, malware research and threat intelligence
- Strong familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK or similar frameworks
- Creation and maintenance of policy, standards, procedures, and documentation
- Experience working under regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC2
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology or related field
- Professional certification in relevant cybersecurity field (e.g., OSCP, GCTI, GREM)
Humana Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Humana and has not been reviewed or approved by Humana.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance are offered alongside on-site/virtual wellness resources and weekly paid well-being time, indicating a whole-person focus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid PTO and holidays, volunteer time, and formal leave options such as parental and caregiver time provide broad time-away support. Adoption assistance and lactation rooms extend coverage for key life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors long-term savings. Employer-matched emergency savings programs complement retirement planning.
Humana Insights
What We Do
At Humana, our cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by delivering personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing healthcare needs continue to evolve for each person, for each family and for each community, Humana continuously creates innovative solutions and resources that help people live their healthiest lives on their terms –when and where they need it. Our employees are at the heart of making this happen and that’s why we are dedicated to building an organization of dynamic talent whose experience and passion center on putting the customer first.
