Sr. Detection Engineer

Company Overview

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

What you'll do

Docusign is seeking a skilled and motivated Detection Engineer to join our Threat Detection Engineering team. Reporting to the Manager of Threat Detection Engineering, you will be a key contributor in architecting, building, and maintaining Docusign's threat detection capabilities.

This role is focused on architecting and engineering threat-driven detection logic, leveraging strict Detection-as-Code and software development principles. You will co-architect the design, development, and reliability of the underlying data pipeline and SIEM platform. You will build and deploy scalable, automated detection and response services that ensure robust protection across our cloud, on-premise, and endpoint environments. This role requires a strong software engineering foundation, a focus on system reliability, the ability to support services on-call, and a passion for architecting the critical infrastructure that powers our detection efforts.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Sr. Manager, Threat Detection Engineering.

Responsibility

• Participate in the design, ownership, and support of the security data pipeline and SIEM platform which involves working with data collection, ingestion, processing, and storage of security telemetry
• Contribute to optimizing the platform for performance, scalability, and reliability to support all threat detection needs
• Design, develop, and implement high-fidelity threat detections based on threat intelligence, attacker TTPs, and analysis of security telemetry
• Focus on creating detections that are effective, accurate, and minimize false positives
• Embrace and implement Detection-as-Code principles throughout the detection lifecycle including using version control, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for detections to ensure consistency, reliability, and scalability
• Collaborate with the Incident Response team to translate threat intelligence into actionable detections with automated response workflows
• Participate in post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement in detection capabilities
• Contribute to the adoption and integration of new detection technologies, frameworks, and processes
• Help architect and maintain scalable, automated security discovery and containment systems leveraging modern data platforms, EDR, network traffic analysis tools, and cloud-native security solutions
• Partner effectively with engineering, product, and other security teams to ensure comprehensive coverage, address blind spots, and instill security monitoring best practices throughout the software development lifecycle
• Contribute to establishing and authoring repeatable and scalable processes around detection and automation engineering
• Define and track key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of detection capabilities
• Communicate technical security concepts, findings, and recommendations clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Job Designation

Remote: Employee is not required to be in or near an office frequently and works from a designated remote work location for the majority of the time.

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic

• 8+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 2+ years in a dedicated threat detection engineering role
Individuals outside of these categories are generally barred from having logical access to IL5 data or infrastructure
• Experience with the design, implementation, and support of security data pipelines and SIEM platforms. Experience configuring SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel via Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform) is a significant advantage
• Experience in developing threat detections at scale in cloud-inclusive environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with data pipeline technologies and architectures, including data extraction, transformation, loading, processing, and storage for security data, with hands-on experience managing and optimizing these systems
• Experience with the cyber threat landscape, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience with detection rule languages (e.g., SPL, KQL) and advanced query development, with an understanding of the underlying data structures and query optimization
• Experience writing detections based on diverse security signals and telemetry (e.g., network traffic, endpoint logs, cloud logs), with an engineering approach to signal processing and analysis
• Experience with security tools and technologies such as SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel), EDR, IDS/IPS, network traffic analysis tools (e.g., Zeek, Suricata, Yara), and cloud security solutions, with an understanding of their architecture and integration
• Experience with scripting/programming (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell) for security tooling, automation, and API integrations, with a focus on writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Experience analyzing and interpreting large datasets and logs to identify security risks and events, applying data engineering and analysis techniques
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Detection-as-Code practices, including version control, testing, and automated deployment of detections
• Experience with AI and Machine Learning applications in threat detection and security, including the ability to evaluate, implement, and manage AI-based detection solutions and secure AI/ML systems

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field; advanced degree or security certifications (e.g., GIAC, CISSP)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail and an engineering approach to root cause analysis
• Experience with anomaly detection, machine learning, and statistical analysis of user behavior patterns for security purposes
• Background in security-focused software engineering or offensive security
• History of speaking at security conferences or publishing research
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• Passion for continuous learning, operational excellence, and a proactive, adversarial mindset, with a commitment to improving engineering processes and outcomes

Wage Transparency

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $157,500.00 - $254,350.00 base salary

Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Minnesota: $151,200.00 - $213,600.00 base salary

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $151,200.00 - $222,450.00 base salary

Washington DC: $157,500.00 - $222,450.00 base salary

Ohio: $131,900.00 - $186,275.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Global Benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Life at Docusign

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what's right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you'll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at for assistance.

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States Not Eligible for Employment

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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