Principal Engineer - Security Logging & Detection

About the Role

As Principal Engineer, Security Logging & Detection at Gen Digital, you will lead the technical strategy and execution of our security logging and telemetry platforms. These foundational services enable threat detection, security investigations, incident response, compliance, and security analytics across our global environment. You'll collaborate across Security Operations, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering teams to design resilient, scalable solutions that power Gen's security posture.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical owner and architectural leader for security logging and detection capabilities
• Design, build, and continuously improve logging pipelines and telemetry services across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Own collection, parsing, normalization, enrichment, routing, retention, and access patterns for security telemetry data
• Ensure reliability, integrity, and availability of log data supporting threat detection, investigations, incident response, compliance, and security monitoring
• Drive automation and engineering best practices to improve scalability, consistency, operational efficiency, and platform reliability
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI-enabled technologies to improve security engineering workflows and telemetry analysis
• Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, and software engineering teams to expand telemetry coverage and detection capabilities
• Define technical standards, documentation, and operational processes that strengthen platform resilience and long-term sustainability
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives and cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Extensive experience in Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, Logging, Observability, Detection Engineering, or closely related disciplines
• Strong understanding of security logging architectures and telemetry pipelines, including data collection, transport, normalization, enrichment, storage, retention, and access patterns
• Proven experience building, operating, and scaling distributed systems or enterprise data pipelines
• Experience working closely with Security Operations, Threat Detection, Incident Response, or Security Analytics teams
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions across multiple teams
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-enabled tools that improve engineering productivity, security analysis, or workflow automation
• Experience with large-scale cloud-native infrastructure and observability platforms
• Professional certifications in Security, Cloud, or Software Engineering

Location & Work Environment

Tempe, AZ, USA. Gen offers flexible working options, competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and well-being programs to support your success.