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Senior Security Engineer - Detection Engineering

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Senior Security Engineer - Detection Engineering in USA new

  • Denver, CO

Responsibilities

  • Develop and tune detections and analytics for cloud, container, corporate, and edge environments.
  • Lead complex security investigations by analyzing logs and telemetry, determining root cause, containing incidents, and collecting forensic artifacts.
  • Build AI agents and automations to accelerate detection development, alert triage, and incident response.
  • Research, evaluate, implement, and maintain security tools including EDR, SOAR, and SIEM platforms.
  • Conduct threat hunts to identify unknown malicious activity and participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with security incident response, detection development, and applying AI tools, LLMs, and automated agents to security operations.
  • Experience developing, testing, and tuning detections using detections-as-code, version control, and CI/CD workflows.
  • A proven record leading complex security investigations, including log analysis, real-time containment, and forensic artifact collection.
  • Strong coding skills in Python or another general-purpose programming language, with experience building detection and response automations.
  • In-depth knowledge of major public cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, Linux environments, containers such as Kubernetes, and native logging and security tooling.
  • Knowledge of attacker tactics and techniques, with experience in threat hunting or threat modeling.
  • Preferred: familiarity with CDNs, edge cloud platforms, or Fastly products; experience designing scalable ETL processes and security telemetry pipelines; and experience deploying production AI agents for threat detection, alert enrichment, and automated response.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance begin on the first day of employment.
  • Family planning support, mental health support, an Employee Assistance Program, life, disability, and accident insurance are provided.
  • Flexible vacation, up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave, 12 paid local holidays, and 12 paid company wellness days are offered for 2026.
  • The company offers a 401(k) with company match and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • The role is primarily hybrid with flexibility to work from the office and home; remote candidates within the US may be considered, and travel may be required.

Salary: $168k - $201k/yr

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