Staff Threat Detection Engineer

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A brief overview
Responsible for creating, driving and executing standards, procedures, and processes that manage, mitigate, and reduce the risk of cyberattacks against RGA. Enable global Security Operations by participating in operations, development, and engineering.
What you will do

• If required, participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, alert triage, investigation.
• Own and drive portions of one or more of the following functions: incident response, threat detection, offensive security
• Drive and develop orchestrations and automations that reduce manual tasks
• Perform high-level intrusion and/or defensive analysis
• Drive and deliver security related audit/compliance/risk-reduction efforts for the team
• Drive and manage offensive and/or defensive security tooling development, testing, and management
• Provide guidance to junior team members
• Develop and deliver metrics/reports at an Organizational and/or Company level
• Determine and deliver logging requirements to better detect and respond to security threats
• Deliver team level projects that drive down the overall risk and/or impact of a cybersecurity incident

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience required
• 6+ years of experience in one or more areas; incident response, security engineering, offensive security, threat emulation, penetration testing, or security operations
• 3+ years experience creating automation/workflows to scale security operations
• 8+ years of relevant experience preferred
• Experience identifying and addressing telemetry gaps in security monitoring
• Experience developing and supporting cybersecurity metrics and reporting to support security operations
• Experience leading purple team exercises, including supporting risk hunting, telemetry validation and detection efficacy
• Ability to lead complex incidents and evolve strategies based on new information
• Advanced data analytical skills with the ability to investigate network, host, cloud and identity platforms
• Ability to work independently within a globally distributed environment.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with partner teams
• Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions. Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Advanced investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously
• Ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions
• Technical Requirements: Windows, Mac, and Linux internals, Scripting (Powershell/Python/Javascript/Typescript), Forensic tools (FTK, Encase, X-Ways, SIFT), Cloud Computing (AWS), M365 Suite and ecosystem, Microsoft domain environments, IAM/AAA technologies and architectures (Active Directory, Okta, OpenID, SAML, Oauth, JWT), Physical and Virtual Networking technologies and architecture, SIEM (Splunk), EDR (CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender)
• Experience with threat Intelligence Platforms and Feeds, Email security, DNS architecture and security required
• Industry-level contributions (conferences, publications, tooling, seminars) preferred
• Technical Requirements: Cloud Computing (GCP, Azure), Forensic tools (FTK, Encase, X-Ways, SIFT), Service Now preferred
• Professional industry certification preferred

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.