Security Consultant (Detection Engineer) - Contract - Remote

Seeking an experienced Detection Engineer /Security Architect Consultant to support enterprise security monitoring, threat detection, and detection engineering initiatives. Responsible for developing, tuning, and maintaining security detections, identifying monitoring gaps, and enhancing overall threat visibility across a large-scale security environment.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and tune existing SIEM detection rules.
• Perform detection coverage gap assessments and identify areas for improvement.
• Design, develop, and implement new detection rules and monitoring solutions.
• Monitor threat intelligence sources and translate emerging threats into actionable detections.
• Collaborate with SOC Analysts and Threat Hunters to improve detection capabilities.
• Develop and maintain documentation, runbooks, workflows, and troubleshooting guides.
• Support SOAR integrations and automation initiatives.
• Coordinate with security engineering teams, SOC personnel, and stakeholders.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts to strengthen enterprise security monitoring.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale IT environments and/or system deployments.
• Strong experience with detection engineering, threat detection development, and tuning.
• 5+ years of scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with dashboard development and reporting.
• Strong understanding of Sigma, YARA, and other industry-standard detection languages.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Experience documenting processes, procedures, and operational workflows.