Senior Detection and Response Engineer
Spotnana•Remote US,
•$150,000 - $190,000•Hybrid
About The Position
We are looking for a Senior Detection & Response Engineer to join our Threat Detection & Response team. In this role, you will build, tune, and maintain detection logic across a modern cloud-native security stack, investigate alerts and incidents end-to-end, and help mature our detection engineering and incident response capabilities. This role requires an outstanding ability to operate with autonomy and ownership across the full detect-and-respond lifecycle. The work is exciting and we are looking to hire as soon as we find the right person.
Requirements
- 3+ years in a detection engineering, SOC, or incident response role
- Hands-on detection-as-code experience — writing, testing, versioning, and deploying custom detection rules in a CI/CD or Git-based workflow
- Strong custom detection authoring across at least one SIEM platform (ES|QL, KQL, SPL, or similar query languages)
- Demonstrated alert investigation and triage skills — comfortable working from raw logs to root cause
- Incident response experience in both responder and commander capacities, including coordination, containment, and post-incident review
- Intermediate or above programming proficiency in Python or Go — able to build tooling, parse data, and automate workflows
- Engineering background in building, deploying, or maintaining security systems (log pipelines, detection infrastructure, integration work)
- Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework for mapping detections and threat hunts to adversary TTPs
- Experience with at least one EDR platform (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) — writing custom queries and hunting beyond built-in alerts
- Threat hunting experience using hypothesis-driven, intelligence-driven, or anomaly-driven approaches
- Security log pipeline experience — building or maintaining ingestion from diverse sources (cloud APIs, webhook integrations, custom parsers)
- Version control and CI/CD fluency — Git workflows for detection content
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP security services and cloud-native logging (CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs, GCP Audit Logs)
- Elastic Security experience (detection rules, ES|QL, index and ingest pipeline familiarity)
- Experience with identity-based attack detection (Entra ID, Okta, SSO/OIDC abuse patterns)
- SOAR or security automation tooling experience — building response playbooks, enrichment workflows, or triage automation
- API security monitoring or investigation experience
- Exposure to Zero Trust architectures (Cloudflare, Zscaler, or similar)
- Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms or feeds (MISP, OTX, abuse.ch)
- Supply chain security awareness (npm, PyPI, container image compromise detection)
- Strong written communication — able to produce clear incident reports, runbooks, and stakeholder updates
Responsibilities
- Author, test, and maintain detection logic as code across SIEM, EDR, and cloud platforms
- Investigate security alerts, triage findings, and escalate as appropriate
- Lead and participate in incident response as both responder and incident commander
- Conduct threat hunts informed by emerging TTPs and threat intelligence
- Build and improve automation to accelerate detection, triage, and response workflows
- Contribute to runbooks, playbooks, and post-incident documentation
- Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to improve logging coverage and signal quality
Benefits
- Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
- Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
- Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care and commuter expenses
- Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays and an end-of-year company shutdown
- Up to 26 weeks of parental leave
- Monthly cell phone/internet stipend
- IATAN travel membership
- Pet insurance
- Financial wellness tools
- Calm app access
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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