Senior Security Engineer (Detection & Response)

Responsibilities

• Build, tune, and deploy high-quality detections across our platform
• Develop and refine detections using telemetry from EDR, threat intel, endpoint & cloud posture platforms and native AWS cloud services
• Conduct proactive threat hunting to uncover threat actor behaviors and detection gaps
• Lead security event & incident handling, including triage, investigation, containment guidance, and post-incident improvements
• Build automation and tooling to reduce manual effort and improve detection accuracy
• Drive process improvements across detection engineering, incident response, and telemetry workflows
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure high-quality logging and visibility across AWS environments
• Explore and prototype AI-assisted detection and response capabilities
• Contribute to internal playbooks, documentation, and detection engineering best practices
• Design and conduct table-top exercises to validate readiness and strengthen response processes
• Participate in an on-call rotation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, security event analysis, and incident response
• Strong understanding of attacker behaviors, malware techniques, and modern threat landscapes
• Hands-on experience with EDR platforms (event analysis, detections, hunting)
• Proficiency with AWS security and logging services (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, IAM, VPC Flow Logs, Lambda, etc.)
• Experience designing and conducting attack & defend (table-top) exercises
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes, reduce friction, and automate repetitive tasks
• Interest in how AI/ML can enhance detection, hunting, and response workflows
• Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment

Compensation

Base wage range: $167,500 - $235,000 annually