Staff Detection Engineer

About the company

• Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration
• Security team keeps Asana's employees, users, and customers safe by proactively addressing threats

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-fidelity detections across cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), identity providers (e.g., Okta), SaaS environments, endpoints, and the software supply chain
• Own detection-as-code pipeline in Panther: rule structure, unit and integration tests, review standards, and CI/CD deployment
• Map and close coverage gaps against MITRE ATT&CK and the threat model
• Onboard and normalize new telemetry sources
• Measure and improve alert quality, tracking precision, time-to-triage, and false-positive rates
• Validate detections against real attacker behavior through purple-team exercises, atomic tests, and emulation
• Turn incidents and threat intelligence into detections
• Build enrichment and automation in SOAR platform

Requirements

• 8+ years in detection engineering, security operations, or threat hunting
• Strong Python skills, with hands-on experience in Git workflows, PR-based code review, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Deep experience with detection-as-code, including test-driven detection logic, rule lifecycle management, and deploying rules through CI/CD pipelines
• Strong experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Panther, Splunk, Elastic Security)
• Deep understanding of cloud and identity telemetry (AWS, GCP audit logs, Okta system logs, SaaS audit APIs)
• Working knowledge of EDR tools (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) and endpoint telemetry
• Fluency with attacker TTPs and MITRE ATT&CK

Nice to have

• Experience detecting software supply chain and CI/CD threats
• Experience with adversary emulation frameworks (e.g., Atomic Red Team, Caldera)
• Experience with data engineering for security

Conditions

• Contract of Employment (UoP)
• Generous, transparent and fair compensation system (base salary and RSUs)
• Health insurance with dental and travel coverage (Lux Med)
• Breakfast and lunch catering on office days
• Vacation allowance
• Career growth budget
• Home office setup budget
• Gym/Fitness card
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming support with Carrot
• Mental Health Support in Modern Health
• Group life insurance
• MacBooks with all necessary accessories