Security Operations Detection Engineer

Detection Engineer

About the team

The Pandora SecOps team is part of the Global Security department, responsible for detection and response across Pandora’s entire value chain. Over the past few years, we have built a robust technology platform that allows us to respond to alerts and incidents with greater speed and accuracy. This evolution has also shifted the team towards an engineering-led approach, making automation and efficiency central to our operations.

Staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape requires us to continuously develop, implement, and refine our detection capabilities. As a Detection Engineer, you will play a key role in this mission—bringing your skills, creativity, and ambition to drive innovation in how we detect and respond to threats.

You will be part of an exciting digital & tech environment within an international organization that values agility, collaboration, and results. At Pandora, we foster a flexible and informal working culture, where trust, accountability, and impact matter most.

About the role

As a Detection Engineer at Pandora, you will be at the heart of our detection- & response in our SecOps team, driving the evolution of our detection capabilities and ensuring our security operations remain ahead of adversaries. 

This role revolves around crafting precise and effective detection rules that not only enhance detection capabilities but also improve response processes, ensuring a seamless and coordinated approach to threat mitigation. 

By developing and refining advanced detection strategies, you will directly contribute to strengthening Pandora’s overall security posture while advancing automation and response efficiency.

In this role, you will be improve Pandora’s detection engineering capabilities by spearheading the development of high-fidelity detection logic and ensuring seamless integration of detection and response strategies. You will establish and uphold best practices within our Detection Engineering and Response framework, fostering alignment across internal teams, external SOC partners, and key stakeholders to drive continuous security improvements.

You will be part of an on-call rotation to handle escalations and critical security incidents outside of regular business hours. This is a shared responsibility across the entire SecOps team to ensure swift and effective response to urgent issues, minimizing the impact on the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Develop, test, implement, and maintain detection mechanisms to identify security threats and vulnerabilities across Pandora’s internal environment.
•    Serve as the central driving force of the detection- & response engineering team, leading the development and continuous enhancement of Pandora’s detection capabilities.
•    Continuously analyse detection gaps and proactively drive Pandora’s Threat Detection Coverage
•    Analyze Threat Intelligence report to build a Threat registry, and develop new detections in a threat-driven manner
•    Test, evaluate, and maintain security tooling
•    Define and enforce best practices for detection engineering, ensuring adherence to the Detection Engineering and Response framework by SOC analysts, internal security teams, and external MSSP partners.
•    Own, operate and scale our Detection as Code pipeline
•    Develop and fine-tune threat detections and response runbooks covering Pandora SecOps' toolstack, cloud infrastructure, SaaS services, and corporate systems.
•    Analyze internal security event data to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies indicative of potential threats.
•    Automate common security operational tasks, aiming to streamline and optimize routine security activities. 
•    Work closely with SOC analysts and incident response personnel to extract actionable intelligence for detection development.
•    Collaborate with SOAR engineers to automate detection processes and enhance response workflows.
•    Document detection processes, methodologies, and findings to foster knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.
•    Provide mentorship and guidance to junior detection engineers and security analysts to strengthen Pandora’s detection engineering expertise.

Qualifications:

•    At least 3 years of full-time experience in a security engineering role with a strong focus on detection engineering, incident response, and/or threat hunting.
•    Experience from working within a SOC team/setup
•    Experience developing detection logic across various security platforms, including SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud-native security tools.
•    Proven track record of scripting and automation (e.g., Python) to enhance detection and response capabilities.
•    Demonstrated working experience with Git, DevOps and CI/CD Pipelines
•    Hands-on experience working with SOAR platforms to automate security processes and streamline incident response workflows.
•    Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret security telemetry, logs, and network traffic to identify potential threats.
•    Excellent communication and documentation skills to articulate detection strategies, methodologies, and findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
 

Did we get your attention?

If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com. 

Icing on the cake 

You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora

Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023. 

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.