Lead Detection Engineer(remote)

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 The Lead Detection Engineer position is responsible for building and curating custom cyber threat detection content for the Humana enterprise environment. This role works closely with EIP’s Threat Management and Response teams as well as other IT and EIP teams. 

The Lead Detection Engineer role is responsible for technical execution and delivery of services provided by the Detection Engineering team. This team provides oversight of the SIEM and owns the entire lifecycle of building and maintaining high-fidelity custom threat detection content in support of Humana’s threat response operations.

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Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of combined experience across detection engineering, incident response, or security engineering.
• Advanced technical knowledge of utilizing SIEM platforms on a large national or international scale.
• Extensive experience creating and maintaining custom threat detection rules, leveraging enrichment data from threat intel and attack surface services.
• Strong understanding of common threat adversary tools, tactics, techniques
• Strong understanding of how to detect complex, multi-stage malware behaviors.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical policies, standards, procedures, and documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of writing scheduled queries in Splunk’s Search Processing Language (SPL).
• Experience using the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM), Enterprise Security (ES) app, and security data models to develop and deliver threat detection services.
• Strong familiarity of MITRE ATT&CK or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with system and network administration in both on-premise and multi-cloud environments.
• Experience supporting threat detection and response services within regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC2, etc.
• Professional certification in a relevant cybersecurity field (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.

Additional Requirements

• Able to participate in an on-call rotation to support critical incidents.

Remote/WAH requirements:

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.  
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$129,300 - $177,800 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 08-07-2025
About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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