Security Engineer, Detection & Response

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Security Engineer, Detection & Response in USA

Sentry
Full time
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USA
08/27/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Maintain, improve, and own detection engineering systems and Sentry’s detection stack.
Build and operate agentic triage, security response, and orchestration automation.
Perform investigations and contribute to security incident response across corporate and production environments.
Maintain and operate identity and access management systems, including user access reviews.
Conduct alert triage, detection tuning and writing, phishing response, and endpoint detection and response operations.
Research, identify, and respond to emerging threats affecting Sentry, its customers, cloud environment, and agentic product capabilities.
Partner cross-functionally to implement preventative controls, defense-in-depth practices, and high-signal alerting.

Requirements

At least 2 years of industry experience in detection and response, corporate security, or generalist security engineering.
Degree in Computer Science or a related field, equivalent training, or professional experience.
Hands-on experience with alert triage, detection tuning and writing, detection-as-code, security log ingestion, investigations, incident response, IAM, phishing response, user access reviews, or endpoint detection and response tooling.
Programming experience in at least one language, with Python preferred, and comfort using agentic development workflows.
Familiarity with distributed cloud technology such as AWS, CI/CD, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, or Terraform.
Experience with corporate security technologies such as SSO, SAML, and IAM, and defensive security tooling such as EDR, SIEM, CNAPP, or ZTNA.
Strong written and verbal communication and a collaborative approach to problem solving.
Interest in automation, cross-functional technical collaboration, ownership, and learning across security domains.

Benefits

Base salary range of $155,000 to $400,000 USD.
Eligibility for employee benefit plans and programs applicable to the position, including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.
Small, high-trust team environment with autonomy, mentorship, and opportunities to work across multiple security domains.

Salary: $155k - $400k/yr

Sentry

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