Senior Detection & Security Automation Engineer

At Precisely, we're not just building software — we're shaping the future of data integrity. As a global leader in data quality, data enrichment, and location intelligence, Precisely helps thousands of the world's most trusted brands make confident decisions with data they can rely on. We're an AI-first organization, which means artificial intelligence isn't a buzzword here — it's woven into how we build products, how we work, and how we think about solving complex problems for our customers. When you join Precisely, you join a team of curious, driven innovators who believe that better data makes the world run better. If you're ready to do meaningful work at the intersection of AI and data — and help define what's possible — we'd love for you to apply!

This position is 100% remote anywhere in the US

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Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Detection & Security Automation Engineer to drive the evolution of our security monitoring, detection, and automation capabilities. This role will be responsible for expanding SIEM and SOAR capabilities, onboarding and optimizing security telemetry, improving detection coverage, conducting threat hunting activities, and implementing strategies that improve operational effectiveness while controlling telemetry costs. This individual will serve as a senior technical resource and escalation point for security operations activities and will support FedRAMP-related security operations requirements.

What you will do:

• Lead administration, expansion, and optimization of the enterprise SIEM platform.

• Develop and maintain SOAR workflows and security automation capabilities.

• Design, onboard, and maintain log sources across cloud, infrastructure, identity, endpoint, and application environments.

• Create, tune, and maintain detection content.

• Conduct proactive threat hunting activities and serve as an escalation point for complex investigations.

• Implement telemetry management, cost optimization, data fabric, and data lifecycle management capabilities.

• Collaborate with IT, Networking, and Cloud Operations to improve security telemetry coverage, detection effectiveness, and incident response readiness.

• Mentor team members and establish operational standards.