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Amtex Systems Inc.

Senior Manager- Cybersecurity Detection

Hybrid

Atlanta, United states

Senior

Freelance

28-10-2025

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Skills

Communication Leadership Network Security Incident Response Firewalls Cloud Security Endpoint Security Monitoring Effective Communication Architecture Linux Windows Machine Learning Organization Azure AWS GCP

Job Specifications

Role:-Senior Manager- Cybersecurity Detection

Duration:-Fulltime

Location:-Atlanta, GA-Hybrid

Job Description:-

Key Responsibilities

Multi-cloud security experience AWS, Azure, GCP

Expert level knowledge on Detection Engineering and Security Operations

Minimum of 3+ years of management or leadership experience with direct people management responsibilities (looking for strong leadership along with strong technical skills)

Strong experience with Information Security, Network Security, Security Monitoring, and Incident Response.

Strong experience with developing SIEM/SOAR detection and automation use cases.

Working experience with industry standard security technologies and services such as Threat Intelligence, Firewalls, SASE, IPS, Endpoint Security, DLP, SIEM/SOAR, and Data Lakes.

Cybersecurity Detection Engineering:

Define detection engineering strategy, roadmap, and objectives to achieve.

Design and implement advanced threat detection techniques using tools such as SIEM, EDR, NDR, and SOAR platforms.

Develop innovative custom detection rules and automated remediation, playbooks, and alerts tailored to the organization’s threat landscape for enterprise and customer security.

Leverage industry standard MITRE frameworks to identify detection coverage and close gaps.

Monitor, optimize, and continuously improve detection systems for performance, scalability, and effectiveness.

Collaborates with Threat Detection and Response team to continuously improve cybersecurity capabilities in identification, management, and response to threats in the most efficient and effective manner.

Performs attack simulation testing to validate efficacy of use cases and purple teaming exercises collaborating with the Vulnerability Mgmt team.

Manages and maintains SIEM/Data Lake data management and log ingestion infrastructure in collaboration with Cyber Defense Engineering.

Evaluate, validate, tune, and sunset where necessary detection capabilities

Maintains operational guidelines, diagrams, and documentation for security detection and response.

Incident Response Support:

Collaborate with the incident response team to ensure rapid detection and containment of cyber threats.

Provide technical expertise and guidance to develop detection use cases during high-severity security incidents.

Continuously improve detection and response processes based on lessons learned from incidents.

Other duties may be assigned as needed to address new security threats facing the enterprise.

Provides off hour support as needed for security administration, detection, and response activities.

Threat Intelligence Integration:

Leverage threat intelligence to enhance detection capabilities and proactively mitigate risks.

Identify and analyze new and emerging threat vectors and incorporate them into detection strategies.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

Partner with other Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Product teams to align detection strategies with organizational objectives.

Communicate detection capabilities and findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.

Governance and Compliance:

Ensure all detection processes and tools adhere to regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS, NIST).

Establish and maintain documentation of detection strategies, processes, and configurations.

Professional Technology Skills (the professional technology skills you need to be able to do the job)

Ability to:

Proven track record of building scalable organizations that have world class threat detection capabilities.

Technical proficiency performing security investigations at scale; including endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and email threats.

Work with internal IT teams and external MSSPs for creation and operationalization of Detection Engineering use cases for WAF, DDoS Protection, Email systems, DLP, AV, and Endpoint security technologies.

Practical experience with Detection & Response tools for network, endpoints, cloud, and identity as well as SOAR platforms.

Apply security Threat Intelligence to identify new threat vectors.

Lead projects to improve security monitoring and response capabilities.

Demonstrate a strong security engineering and architecture background to best understand how to employ the most effective and efficient security monitoring.

Strong fundamentals of Linux, MacOS, and Windows operating system internals.

Demonstrate effective communication of security issues to management and others.

Maintain detection use case and SIEM configuration guidelines and standards for security.

Proficiency creating and managing operational metrics that increase team efficiency and quality.

Enthusiastic about managing and mentoring individuals pursuing careers in detection engineering.

Ability to manage effective relationships with organizational leaders, build a roadmap, and drive broad initiatives to completion.

Understanding of Machine Learning concepts as relate

About the Company

Amtex Systems was officially started in 1997 by Sunny Pokala with its headquarters in Wall Street, New York, and currently has offices across four continents. The organization provides specialized technical services and digital solutions in software development, online media, business intelligence, mobile applications, cybersecurity, and talent management. We specialize in generating, preserving, and measuring long-term value for our clients, people, and society. Amtex has formed long-lasting relationships with prominent IT... Know more