Threat Detection Engineer- Remote (EST Preferred)

 Requisition #: 14605 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

Summary / Role Purpose

As an Ansys Threat Detection Engineer you will be responsible for enhancing our cyber security posture through management and operation of multiple threat detection technologies to identify potential threats and cyber security incidents. Your primary focus will be on ensuring comprehensive visibility of the entire Ansys environment through log management, working with various peer teams for identifying, understanding, and onboarding new log sources as well as leading the efforts to document and provide knowledge on the logging environment. You will assist in the development of the company’s threat detection models to efficiently analyze large volumes of security related data along with the identification of potential threats and cyber security incidents.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify new data sources and integrate them into detection workflows
• Work across peer teams to ensure proper logging for full visibility
• Maintain understanding and documentation of log sources and log parsing within Ansys environment
• Anticipate threat actor activity and implement effective countermeasures.
• Conduct monitoring for cybersecurity related incidents.
• Develop detection use cases, tune signatures, and refine analytical models in order to spot malicious activity.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• A minimum 3 years of cyber security experience or four years of education in cybersecurity, information technology, military, or intelligence field.
• Demonstrated experience with network monitoring and intrusion detection technologies and methodologies.
• Experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC), Network Operations Center (NOC) or similar team environment.
• Solid understanding of threat actors and their tradecraft.
• Ability to clearly communicate in an organized, concise manner.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills  

• One or more of the following certifications preferred (GCIA, GMON, GCIH)
• Experience working in a global organization in Information Technology or Cyber Security
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement. 

Our Commitments: 

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values: 

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions: 

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS 

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. 

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics. 
  

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE  
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.). 

  
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com 
  

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. 
  
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity. 

#LI-Remote