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Senior Detection Engineer II in USA

  • Instacart
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Develop, tune, document, and maintain detection logic across endpoint, cloud, container, and SaaS log sources.
  • Assist with cyber forensic investigations across varied log sources.
  • Optimize log-ingestion pipelines and telemetry collection for actionable security data while managing volume and cost.
  • Design and build SOAR playbooks and automation workflows for detection triage, enrichment, and response.
  • Mentor junior security analysts and detection engineers on threat hunting, detection logic, and investigation techniques.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or offensive security.
  • Experience with at least one public cloud platform, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Deep understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures in modern zero-trust environments, including identity compromise, token theft, and trust-boundary abuse.
  • Proficiency with macOS internals and telemetry for identifying macOS-specific threats.
  • Experience implementing detection-as-code workflows with version control, peer review, automated testing, and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
  • Basic proficiency with Python, Golang, or another programming language.
  • Relevant certifications such as GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM, OSCP, or GCIA.
  • Offensive security or red-team experience is preferred.
  • Knowledge of machine learning for threat detection is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flex First remote work arrangement allowing employees to work from home, an office, or another preferred location, with regular in-person events.
  • Eligibility for a new-hire equity grant and annual refresh grants.
  • Market-competitive compensation and benefits based on work location.

Salary: $192k - $243k/yr

Instacart

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