What You'll Do Avalara's Threat Research Team is looking for a Detection Engineer to help shape the future of threat detection and response. In this important role, you'll build scalable, AI-driven security automation solutions that enhance our detection capabilities across a dynamic threat landscape. As part of a team, you'll collaborate with security researchers, engineers, and incident responders to design, develop, and operationalize intelligent playbooks and detection frameworks. Your contributions will directly support the Detection and Response Team (DART) in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating threats faster and more effectively than ever before. If you excel at the intersection of security, data science, and automation—and want to guide meaningful impact—this is the role for you. This will report to Senior Manager, Detection & Response. This is a remote opportunity with a preference in Durham, NC. #LI-remote. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. What Your Responsibilities Will Be You will develop and automate security workflows, playbooks, and tools to improve efficiency of security operations. You will search for, identify, and analyze all techniques to detect advanced and targeted threats. Research and evaluate emerging threats and security technologies to provide recommendations for maturing the overall security posture. Create and enhance detections for malware, attacker techniques, threat actor methodology, and suspicious events. Maintain and enhance SIEM and SOAR guides and processes. Produce well documented, resilient, and manageable code that supports streamlining and automating processes. What You'll Need to be Successful Minimum of 4 years work experience designing and implementing detection signatures spanning multiple security log sources (Splunk, EDR). Experience with SOAR platforms (XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Tines) Experience in incident analysis and response using industry standard frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the cyber kill chain Scripting and automation skills Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or relevant experience Pay Range Details The base pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations. Colorado $148,800-$245,600 (annually) Washington $148,800-$271,500 (annually) California $148,800-$297,300 (annually) NYC $164,500-$297,300 (annually) The pay range above is the general base pay range for you in the state listed. Your actual salary/wage may be based on several factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on company performance, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and your role. 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Research and evaluate emerging threats and security technologies to provide recommendations for maturing the overall security posture. Create and enhance detections for malware, attacker techniques, threat actor methodology, and suspicious events. Maintain and enhance SIEM and SOAR guides and processes. Produce well documented, resilient, and manageable code that supports streamlining and automating processes.