Detection and Automation Engineer

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.  

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We are looking for a skilled and driven Detection Engineer to join our Security Operations team. The successful candidate has a foundation in cybersecurity, automation, and vulnerability management. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining detection capabilities, automating security workflows, and contributing to a robust vulnerability management program. You will work with a team of security professionals to identify and assess potential cybersecurity threats towards complex systems and infrastructure, build detection-based techniques from observations, investigations, and incidents.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Develop and maintain detection rules and logic across SIEM and other monitoring tools.
• Build automation workflows for vulnerability scanning, triage, and ticketing processes.
• Support incident response by providing detection insights and automating evidence collection.
• Monitor and tune detection use cases to minimize false positives and improve signal fidelity.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the vulnerability management lifecycle.
• Create dashboards and reports for threat detection metrics and vulnerability trends.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and security best practices.
• Analyze critical systems to understand both how to break them and defend them against attack.
• Orchestrate and automate the enrichment, triage and response steps required to respond to security related alerts.
• Partner with internal FanDuel teams to provide recommendations for improving security posture across infrastructure, processes, and software.
• Collaborate with other security teams across the organization to continually improve cyber resilience.
• Track and manage technical documentation related to your scope of work. Ensure relevant parties are regularly updated on relevant documentation.
  
  
  

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• Empathetic contributor who has experience operating effectively across teams and disciplines in highly ambiguous and rapidly changing environments and has successfully executed on ambitious projects.
• Experience with security tools and scripting, and a passion for building scalable solutions that reduce risk and improve response times.
• Ability to develop in languages such as Python, Java, GO, C++, JavaScript, Rust, SQL, or Typescript and are skilled at querying appropriate data to extract meaningful insights with interest in Data Science.
• Comprehensive understanding of a broad range of security tools and their applicable controls in modern environments such as CloudTrail, Security Hub, Semgrep, EDR, Network Traffic Analysis, Email Security Gateway, Web Application Firewalls, etc.
• Experienced in threat hunting, using threat intelligence to proactively and iteratively investigate potential risks and finding suspicious behavior in the environment.
• Deep knowledge of attacker methodologies and techniques and corresponding incident response methodologies.
  
  
  

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

The applicable salary range for this position is $125,000 - $156,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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