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Director, Cyber Security Detection Engineering

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-25 US - Gaithersburg - MD Full-time Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

12,500 GBP–18,333 GBP/mo (150,000 GBP–219,996 GBP/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Responsibilities

  • Direct the development and execution of comprehensive detection engineering programmes aligned to interpersonal risk appetite and threat landscape; establish capability roadmaps spanning data engineering, detection development, purple teaming, and automation/AI.
  • Ensure robust data pipelines support detection activities through telemetry collection, normalization, and quality assurance across hybrid and OT environments; define data retention, schema standards, and platform configuration to enable effective threat detection.
  • Oversee creation, testing, and deployment of detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud-native tooling; enforce detection standards, naming conventions, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping; prioritise coverage based on threat intelligence and risk assessments.
  • Oversee purple team operations to validate detection capabilities.