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Senior / Principal Detection Engineer Overview

Aistrike

Aistrike

Pune, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Mar 28, 2026

Senior / Principal Detection Engineer Overview

Senior / Principal Detection Engineer Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Detection Engineer and Detection Content Product Manager to lead the next evolution of AI-augmented threat detection.

This role goes beyond traditionaldetectionengineering: you’ll help improve and build ourDetection Engineering Agent, responsible for continuously grading and improvingdetectioncoverage based on a customer’s available telemetry, configuration, and behavioral baselines.You’ll work acrossmulti-cloud,hybrid, anddata-lakeenvironments to design modular detections that don’t depend on centralized data storage, but instead leverage federated queries, metadata scoring, and AI-based prioritization.The ideal candidate combinesdeep hands-on SIEM expertisewith aproduct mindset: able to design scalabledetectionpipelines, integrate AI feedback, and quantifydetectionefficacy at enterprise scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain modular, high-fidelity detections using Sigma, KQL, SPL, Lucene, and other rule/query languages for Sentinel, Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic, and data-lake environments (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
  • Build and evolve AiStrike’s Detection Engineering Agent, enabling real-time tracking, grading, and ranking of a customer’s environment based on data coverage, signal quality, and rule performance.
  • Develop detections that operate without centralized storage, leveraging federated queries, streaming analytics, and metadata summarization instead of raw data ingestion.
  • Quantify coverage gaps across identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and SaaS telemetry; collaborate cross-functionally to enhance observability and threat visibility.
  • Integrate AI and ML models for automated rule tuning, false positive reduction, and behavioral correlation.
  • Implement feedback-driven rule lifecycle management, including performance tracking (TP/FP/FN), version control, and graceful rule deprecation or promotion.
  • Collaborate with SOC, data science, and platform teams to continuously improve detection quality and automate enrichment or response actions via SOAR platforms.
  • Manage detection-as-code pipelines, ensuring CI/CD integration, modular content reuse, and full traceability of changes.

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, and SOC operations.
  • Expertise in at least two major SIEMs (Sentinel, Google SecOps / Chronicle, Splunk) and data-lake query environments (Snowflake/ Databricks).
  • Strong command of Sigma, KQL, SPL, or Lucene, with the ability to abstract detection logic into environment-agnostic templates.
  • Experience with federated detection queries and data modeling for environments without long-term log storage.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML-driven prioritization for detection scoring, clustering, or environment-based tuning.
  • Ability to handle diverse telemetry: cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), IAM, EDR, firewall, Windows event logs, network, and SaaS platforms.
  • Experience in GitOps/detection-as-code workflows with version control, testing, and deployment pipelines.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills with a focus on translating technical detections into product-ready content.

Nice to Have

  • Experience building or contributing to detection optimization or coverage grading frameworks.
  • Scripting in Python or PowerShell for automation, enrichment, and testing.
  • Familiarity with SOAR integration, purple teaming frameworks, and automated response orchestration.
  • Background in AI/ML model feedback integration for detection scoring or prioritization.

Why Join AiStrike

  • Shape the future of autonomous cyber defense.
  • Work directly with a founding team that helped scale Securonix to a $1B+ outcome.
  • Be part of a high-growth company at the forefront of AI and cybersecurity innovation.
  • Competitive compensation package including equity.