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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 16 days Dragos's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Dragos's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Dragos
- high 29 stale, 2 reposted of 56 open
- Hiring momentum
- 84 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Dragos's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Dragos.
About this role
As a Senior Threat Detection Engineer at Dragos, you will be responsible for creating and validating threat detections for industrial control systems (ICS) based on cyber threat intelligence. Your role involves mentoring junior engineers, analyzing network data, and collaborating with various teams to enhance detection capabilities. You will also engage in documentation and knowledge sharing to improve the team's overall effectiveness in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Dragos as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years in security operations, threat hunting, or detection development, OR offensive operations, threat emulation, or security tool development
- 2+ years of experience operationalizing cyber threat intelligence to defend networks from emerging threats
- 1+ years of direct experience with SCADA, DCS, building automation, or other industrial control system devices and environments
- Advanced network packet analysis and manipulation using tools such as Wireshark, Tshark, ngrep, tcpdump, Zeek, and Scapy
- Working knowledge of Windows Event Logging fundamentals
- Awareness of common operating system internals and the ability to identify analytic opportunities
Nice to have
- Experience creating detections using technologies such as Suricata, Snort, YARA, or Zeek
- Prior experience producing cyber threat intelligence reports or working with threat intelligence to understand and counter adversary operations
- Development experience with programming languages such as Python, Rust, Ruby, Go, or Lua
- Experience with SOC platforms such as Splunk or Elasticsearch (including the ECS schema)
- Experience incorporating AI tools, models, or services into detection engineering workflows
What you get
- Salary: $152,000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
Worth weighing
- Remote-first team structure may require strong self-motivation and communication skills
- Role emphasizes mentoring and collaboration, which may not suit all candidates
- Focus on ICS environments may require specific industry knowledge and experience
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Listed by Dragos on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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