Security Platform Detection Engineer
UnitedHealth Group
Overview
In this role you will own and optimise security tooling and detection capabilities within the Security Operations team. You will partner with SOC, Security Engineering, and Architecture to ensure effective, governed tooling aligned to evolving threats. You will deliver high-quality, auditable security outcomes across the organisation. This position offers the opportunity to shape detection coverage and tooling maturity in a regulated healthcare technology environment.
Responsibilities- Own BAU administration, configuration, and lifecycle management of security tooling platforms
- Oversee detection engineering to improve alert quality and reduce false positives
- Enforce change control and governance for tooling and detection updates
- Maintain MITRE ATT&CK threat framework mapping and detection coverage analysis
- Drive continuous improvement and optimisation across the security tooling estate
- 5+ years in Security Engineering, Tooling, or Detection Engineering
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, NDR, or security posture tooling
- Experience building, tuning, and governing detections
- Experience with structured change control and governance frameworks
- Working knowledge of SIEM operations including log onboarding and alert triage
- collaborative
- strong communication
- problem-solving
- SIEM
- EDR
- NDR
Reference: WJ-747_30140729