Product Security Engineer

The Threat Research and Detection Engineering (TRaDE) team is responsible for threat research to develop detection logic for Elastic products, mitigating emerging threats, and collaborating with the community - democratizing the space by sharing knowledge and capabilities. 

We’re looking for a Security Engineer with experience building and supporting detection engineering at scale and infrastructure used to distribute capabilities across multiple features. You will collaborate with the broader Elastic Security team, who help you to creatively take on security problems and deliver fantastic user experiences.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work as part of the Security Intelligence team at Elastic with other data engineers, ML engineers, detection engineers, and security researchers
• Extend and maintain systems used to automatically deliver updates to Elastic security artifacts
• Validate detailed detection logic in one or more expression languages, test, and release to Elastic customers
• Craft and operate data systems that assist with telemetry analysis and detection logic efficacy
• Research and simulate adversaries to develop validation data sets and materials used for test and evaluation
• Analyze and maintain comprehension about Elastic detection logic libraries and features
• Effectively engaging the security community through Elastic Security Labs, Elastic’s blog, social media accounts, webinars, workshops, meetups, or speaking at conferences
• Collaborate with security research engineers and software engineers to measure and improve security protections

What you bring along:

• A strong desire and ability to design and implement capabilities based on sound software engineering principles.
• Demonstrated experience in building and shipping production-ready enterprise software.
• Advanced proficiency in Python for automation, schema validation, continuous integration, and deployment.
• Knowledge of HTTP and proficiency in working with RESTful web applications and APIs.
• Strong competencies in data structures, software design, and version control using tools like git for repository management.
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies.
• Proficient in CI/CD tools and processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Buildkite, GitHub) and testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and regression tests.
• Experience in release management, including version control, release planning, and deployment strategies.
• Strong problem-solving abilities to address complex development and deployment challenges.
• Experience with agile development practices and methodologies.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including infrastructure as code, automation, and configuration management.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills for effective collaboration in a team environment and with cross-functional teams.
• Eagerness to learn new skills and adapt to emerging technologies, with a collaborative and inquisitive demeanor.
• Experience in conducting code reviews and maintaining high standards in code quality and best practices.

Bonus point desired experiences and interests:

• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK tactics, techniques, and the attack lifecycle
• Experience in security research or engineering
• Understanding of context-free grammars and domain specific languages
• Proficient with Golang
• Hands-on experiences with the Elastic Security Solution, query languages, prebuilt protections, and related features
• Familiarity with the twelve-factor methodology