Job Description

CSIRT – Threat Detection Engineer

The Dell Security & Resiliency organization manages the security risk across all aspects of Dell’s business. You will have an excellent opportunity to influence the security culture at Dell and further develop your career. 

Join us as a Threat Detection Engineer on our Cybersecurity team in Malaysia to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As a Threat Detection Engineer, you will play a vital role in enabling and automating security incident response capabilities. This role focuses on Python development and API integrations to streamline detection, response, and remediation workflows within the global CSIRT team. You will collaborate with incident responders, threat intelligence analysts, and detection engineers to ensure our security infrastructure is scalable, resilient, and AI-ready.

You will:

• Develop and maintain Python-based automation scripts to support threat detection and incident response workflows.

• Design and implement secure API integrations across various cybersecurity and infrastructure platforms (e.g., SIEMs, EDRs, ticketing systems, CMDB).

• Support incident responders by automating data collection, enrichment, and correlation pipelines.

• Collaborate with global CSIRT, Threat Intel, and Detection Engineering teams to operationalize use cases and streamline response processes.

• Document software designs, playbooks, and automation runbooks for ongoing knowledge transfer and sustainability.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 12+ years of software development experience with a focus on Python

• 8+ years of hands-on experience integrating REST APIs, webhooks, pipelines, and other automation interfaces

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals and incident response workflows

• Experience working with SOAR platforms, SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel), or case management systems

• Ability to write clean, modular, tested, and well-documented code in collaborative environments

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress. 

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more. 

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today. 

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here.

Dell is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Dell are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Dell encourages applicants of all ages. Read the full Employment Opportunity Policy here.

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