Advanced Threat Detection Specialist

2 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia beBeeDetection Full time $175,000 - $225,000
Job Overview

Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software empowers over 150,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions to manage business accounts, payments, spend management, and treasury at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,700 innovative people in tech across 26 offices globally. We are valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg.

The Information Security Team is a high-calibre and proactive team that works across our infrastructure, app security, Corporate IT, and broader engineering functions.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of high-fidelity detection rules, signatures, and behavioral analytics across various security tools.
  • Support incident response efforts by building and refining detection logic for threat hunting, incident identification, and automated response.
  • Partner with engineering, IT, and security teams to identify visibility gaps and ensure comprehensive telemetry coverage across endpoints, identity systems, cloud infrastructure, and collaboration tools.
  • Develop, refine, and operationalize threat indicators and scenarios for various attack vectors, including insider risk, fraud, and external threats.
  • Build, monitor, and maintain underlying detection infrastructure, ensuring efficient and scalable detection capabilities.
  • Closely collaborate with security operations and incident response teams to translate investigative findings into actionable detections and improve alerting efficacy.

Requirements:
  • You have a passion for solving complex challenges within a high-growth start-up.
  • You are self-motivated, a self-starter, and able to learn new skills and dive deeper into existing skills.
Benefits

As a Senior Detection Engineer, you will help keep payments and customers safe by designing, building, and maintaining robust detection capabilities. You'll work with diverse data sources, optimize our telemetry, and contribute to a proactive security posture.



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