Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection & Response

Accountabilities • Investigate security incidents using  digital forensics, data analytics, and investigative techniques  to determine scope, impact, and appropriate response.

• Apply coding, analytics, and security expertise to proactively hunt for threats across corporate and production environments.

• Build automation, detection models, and scalable workflows that identify anomalous activity and strengthen response capabilities.

• Develop and improve threat detection strategies and contribute to the evolution of incident response capabilities.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement advanced detection solutions.

• Partner closely with Legal, Privacy, and other cross-functional stakeholders during complex or sensitive security investigations.

• Identify gaps in security visibility and work with business and technical teams to improve logging, telemetry, and detection coverage.

• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to enable efficient and effective incident response at scale.

• Conduct root-cause analysis and develop remediation strategies designed to eliminate broader classes of security vulnerabilities and recurring problems.

• Contribute new approaches and innovative techniques for detecting, containing, and mitigating security threats.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on security operations experience , with expertise in areas such as investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering.

• Proficiency in  Python or another scripting language ; experience with  SQL and Pandas  is a plus.

• Familiarity with  Elasticsearch  is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience automating security detection and response workflows.

• Familiarity with the  Cyber Kill Chain  and  MITRE ATT&CK  frameworks.

• Experience with AWS services such as  EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS  is preferred.

• Strong ability to lead through influence and make sound decisions in complex, ambiguous situations.

• Ability to remain calm, focused, and collaborative when managing high-stress, high-impact security incidents.

• Excellent organizational, prioritization, multitasking, and communication skills.

• Self-motivated and creative problem-solver with the ability to work independently and take ownership of complex challenges.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate security data and investigations into actionable improvements.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Benefits

• $130–$142 per hour .

• Fully remote position within the United States.

• Full-time schedule of  40 hours per week , 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday.

• Approximately  12-month contract , from September 15, 2026 through September 15, 2027.

• Opportunity to influence the development and scaling of enterprise-level threat detection and incident response capabilities.

• High-impact work spanning security investigations, threat hunting, digital forensics, automation, analytics, and detection engineering.

• Collaboration with engineering, Legal, Privacy, and other cross-functional teams.

• Opportunity to tackle complex security problems and address root causes rather than isolated incidents.

• Exposure to cloud-based security environments and modern detection and response technologies.

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