[Remote] Staff Security Data Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GitHub is hiring a Staff Security Data Engineer to build and maintain cloud-scale data infrastructure and security telemetry policies. The role supports security monitoring, threat detection and hunting, incident response, and investigations across GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data infrastructure in Azure, and AWS, including Terraform-managed resources, Kusto clusters and tables, and Airflow-orchestrated ETL pipelines
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives to onboard new security telemetry, and identify and close visibility gaps
• Establish and advance data governance practices for security telemetry, including highly sensitive data sources
• Define and drive adoption of security telemetry policies and standards, partnering with Security teams and service owners to identify and remediate gaps
• Provide technical leadership to projects focused on the data platforms and infrastructure that supporting security monitoring, threat detection, hunting, investigations, and incident response

Skills

• 10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
• Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
• Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
• Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area
• Equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud scale Azure infrastructure
• 3+ years of deep experience with Kusto and KQL, Apache Airflow, Terraform, and Python in production environments
• 2+ years experience leading complex initiatives across organizational boundaries , aligning stakeholders, and translating operational requirements into durable technical solutions
• Experience collaborating with Security Operations and Engineering teams around security telemetry requirements
• Experience supporting Security Operations disciplines such as Threat Detection, Incident Response, Threat Intel, and/or Red Teaming
• Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes
• Experience designing near-real-time telemetry ingestion using Azure Event Hubs or comparable technologies
• Experience establishing observability, reliability, data-quality, and cost-management practices for data platforms

Benefits

• Remote-first work arrangement
• Generous learning and growth opportunities
• Excellent benefits

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