Netflix is hiring a Senior Threat Detection Engineer to design, develop, and enhance threat detection capabilities across our security platforms. You will focus on creating and optimizing threat detection use cases, leveraging advanced tools and techniques to identify and mitigate cyber threats in real time through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What You'll Do
- Design and implement advanced detection architectures across the organization’s security landscape, utilizing SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud security platforms.
- Ensure the detection infrastructure scales to handle the growing complexity and volume of enterprise threats.
- Lead the development and refinement of complex, high-fidelity detection use cases, custom correlation rules, and detection models.
- Architect and implement advanced methods for the integration and fusion of internal, external, and commercial threat intelligence sources.
- Build and refine correlation techniques to identify sophisticated, multi-vector attacks.
- Continuously enhance and optimize detection techniques, reducing alert fatigue and improving detection accuracy.
- Implement continuous feedback loops to refine use cases and reduce false positives.
- Develop and implement automation and orchestration for complex systems to streamline security operations.
- Lead collaboration efforts with Cybersecurity and Technology teams to implement and maintain security solutions.
- Lead improvement initiatives within the Cybersecurity team, implementing best practices and optimizing processes.
- Actively partner with vendors to optimize security products and/or drive resolution of complex support issues.
- Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls.
- Design, implement, maintain, and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk.
- Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
- Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of audit points.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ higher education and/or work experience.
Nice to Have
- Intermediate understanding of security system development, infrastructure lifecycle, architecture, and systems design.
- Proven experience with the tools utilized in assigned Cybersecurity function.
- Experience translating architecture into technical requirements.
- Proficient level of critical thinking and problem solving.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven experience collaborating with leaders to execute results.
- Prior experience seeking buy-in of others to align on processes.
- Ability to analyze and draw conclusions based on quantitative data from multiple sources.
Technical Stack
- SIEM
- EDR
- NDR
- Cloud security platforms
Team & Environment
You will be used in one or more Cybersecurity functions, specifically Detection Engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $93,581.10 - $155,968.51 Annual (USD)
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Buffalo, New York, United States of America.
Netflix is an equal opportunity employer.


