Detection and Response Engineer
$150,000–$270,000 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Design and build high-fidelity detections for attacks, abuse, and anomalous behavior across infrastructure and production systems. Lead or participate in investigations spanning cloud environments and internal systems, while building playbooks and automation to reduce investigation time. Develop internal tooling that leverages LLMs to automate repetitive analysis and accelerate response workflows. Improve visibility across cloud infrastructure, containers, and identity systems by partnering with engineering teams to ensure services are observable and secure by default. Continuously refine detection logic based on telemetry, threat intelligence, and lessons learned from incidents.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in detection engineering, incident response, security engineering, or software engineering with a strong security focus
- Strong software engineering skills with experience building production systems
- Experience investigating security incidents in cloud-native or distributed environments
- Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Linux, and networking
- Experience building detections using logs, telemetry, behavioral signals, or large-scale event data
- Strong SQL skills for investigating security events and developing detections
- Interest in applying AI and LLMs to detection, investigation, and response, including understanding emerging threats involving AI-powered systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building AI- or LLM-powered security tooling
- Experience with SIEM, SOAR, or EDR platforms
- Experience with Kubernetes security or large-scale cloud infrastructure
- Experience with threat hunting, malware analysis, or digital forensics
- Experience contributing to security operations in a high-growth engineering organization
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