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Senior Threat Research Engineer – Taiwan

Obsidian Security
Location
Taipei, Taiwan
Posted
18 days ago
Department
Engineering (D2010)
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Significant experience in detection engineering, threat research, security analytics, incident response, threat hunting, or a closely related security discipline
  • Experience leading security research or detection initiatives and mentoring other practitioners
  • Strong knowledge of attacker behavior, identity threats, cloud security, and modern enterprise SaaS environments
  • Demonstrated experience developing production detections using rules, queries, correlations, statistical methods, or behavioral models
  • Experience working with large security datasets, including audit events, authentication activity, identity data, application logs, or cloud telemetry
  • Ability to distinguish malicious behavior from legitimate activity and translate that reasoning into precise, maintainable detection logic
Nice to have
  • Experience with identity security, SaaS security, cloud detection and response, SIEM, UEBA, EDR, or XDR products
  • Deep familiarity with identity-based attacks, including account takeover, session abuse, privilege escalation, persistence, and lateral movement
  • Experience with MITRE ATT&CK or similar threat-modeling and coverage frameworks
  • Experience building detection-as-code systems, rule languages, detection engines, or automated validation frameworks
  • Experience applying machine learning, anomaly detection, or generative AI to security problems
What the job really is

As a Senior Threat Research Engineer at Obsidian Security in Taiwan, you will lead the development of security detections for identity threats and malicious activities in cloud and SaaS environments. Your role involves threat research, detection modeling, data analysis, and collaboration with various teams to create effective detection capabilities. You will also be responsible for monitoring threats, improving detection precision, and ensuring that detections are actionable and well-documented.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Role involves significant collaboration across multiple regions and teams, which may require flexibility in working hours
  • Focus on developing detection capabilities suggests a strong emphasis on innovation and adapting to new threats
  • Position is part of a growing organization with potential for rapid change and development
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