Detection Engineer (Sekoia, German-speaking)

S-PRO is a software development and IT consulting partner. We develop unique products tailored to the client’s needs to accelerate business. Our typical engagement is consultancy, discovery, build, and maintenance, with clients from fintech, healthcare, energy and other industries.

We are looking for an experienced SIEM/SOAR and detection engineering freelancer to help further develop our existing SIEM setup.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Review and critical evaluation of the existing Sekoia/SIEM setup
• Analysis of connected data sources and identification and resolution of relevant gaps
• Analysis of existing detection rules, use cases, and cases
• Establishment of a baseline for case volume, processing effort, and false positive rate at the start of the project
• Identification of causes for high manual analysis effort
• Improvement of detection logic, prioritization, and case quality
• Design and implementation of additional data enrichment
• Identification and implementation of meaningful integrations
• Development or further development

Requirements

• Substantial hands‑on experience with SIEM and detection engineering
• Experience with SOC processes and incident triage
• Experience with SOAR and security automation
• Strong knowledge of various security data sources and integrations, particularly identity, cloud (AWS), and SaaS
• Detection engineering based on MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience with versioned, traceable maintenance of detections (Detection-as-Code is a plus)
• Experience with Sekoia
• Hands‑on mindset and ability to work independently
• Ability to critically analyze existing setups and implement pragmatic improvements
• Willingness and ability to actively share knowledge
• Fluent in German.

What we offer

• Long team focus: we create an environment of transparent communication, and minimal bureaucracy, which leads to long-term relationships.
• Development of niche expertise: we are working in several niches, such as FinTech, healthcare, and logistics. Therefore, our employees can develop their own expertise in these domains.
• Continuous learning: we create employee development plans / personal roadmaps /quick promotion processes.
• Internal career development: 80% of our current executives were promoted to those positions within S-PRO. We encourage initiative. If a person wants to set new challenges and grow, we will definitely support them.

Benefits and perks

• Flexible schedule.
• Remote work model.
• Medical insurance
• Paid vacations
• Paid Sick-leaves.
• Paid State holidays.

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