Security Engineer, Detection and Response
$230,000–$260,000 year
Remote · United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Hands-on Detection Engineer to design and maintain high-signal detections across cloud, identity, endpoints, and SaaS environments; build and improve the detection platform, including rule lifecycle management, tuning, measurement, and rollout safety; develop tooling and automation to accelerate triage, enrichment, investigation, and detection authoring (including LLM-based workflows); translate threat intelligence and adversary TTPs into durable detections and telemetry requirements; participate in investigations, incident response, and postmortems; define and track metrics (coverage, MTTD, alert quality) to guide investments; participate in a shared on-call rotation for incident response; requires 6+ years of experience in detection/security operations/incident response; proficient with Sigma, KQL, SPL, YARA-L, EQL, Panther; strong cloud security in AWS/GCP/Azure; hands-on with SIEM, EDR, SOAR; capable of working independently and communicating via design docs and runbooks.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in detection engineering, security operations, incident response, or threat hunting
- Built and operated production detections with strong signal quality and sustainable tuning processes
- Fluent in detection languages such as Sigma, KQL, SPL, YARA-L, EQL, Panther
- Offensive security mindset and leadership in purple/blue team exercises that improved detections and telemetry
- Strong cloud security experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure including identity-focused attack detection
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms in large-scale environments
- Clear communication through design docs, runbooks, and incident reports, and ability to drive projects independently
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