Rapid7 Director Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering 

United States, Virginia, Arlington 

870470698

About the Role

In this role, you will:

• Oversee the direction of our TIDE function, including our malware analysts and detection engineers.

• Lead the formulation and evolution of Rapid7’s detection and threat hunting strategy.

• Collaborate closely with our global MDR Operations, Product, Engineering, PMO, and Customer Advisor teams to facilitate positive outcomes for internal and external customers.

• Serve as a technical and managerial escalation point for complex challenges.

• Promote healthy, positive work habits and environments to reduce fatigue and encourage a sustainable work-life balance.

• Drive innovation for our products and services to streamline processes, improve reliability and efficacy of our tools, and reduce noise.

• Be an escalation point for more senior team members and Rapid7 customers.

The skills you’ll bring include:

• 10+ years of cyber security experience (preferably focused on detection, malware analysis, incident response, and/or threat intelligence)

• 5+ years of experience leading security practitioners and detection functions

• Prior experience with graphical link analysis tools (Maltego, Analyst Notebook, Palantir)

• Prior experience with threat indicator management platforms (ThreatQ, Anomali, RecordedFuture)

• Advanced knowledge of common operating systems, services, networking protocols, logging, attacker techniques and tools

• Prior operational experience leveraging threat intelligence to detect and respond to adversaries

• Expertise in tools and techniques for analyzing large sets of data

• Extremely strong written and verbal skills

A plus if you have:

• Scripting, software development, engineering, and/or devops experience

• Prior MDR and/or MSSP experience

• Publications and conference speaking engagements

• Maltego experience

• ThreatQ experience

Here, we’re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever’s next.