Brain Co.

Security Engineer, Detection & Response

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Remote, United States or New York, NY, USASenior
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Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain automation, playbooks, and systems for security triage, investigation, and incident response.
  • Develop and refine high-signal detections while minimizing noise.
  • Integrate security telemetry and tooling across cloud and application environments.
  • Lead cross-functional incident response across applications, cloud infrastructure, endpoints, identity, and internal services.
  • Translate incident data and response metrics into secure-by-design improvements with product and infrastructure teams.
  • Evaluate response procedures, improve the operating model, and close security gaps.
  • Participate in a regular on-call rotation for critical security incidents.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated capability in security engineering, detection engineering, or incident response.
  • Hands-on experience investigating security incidents or suspicious behavior in complex environments.
  • Practical experience with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, log-management, or equivalent detection-and-response tooling.
  • Ability to write code and build software automation or detections using at least one relevant scripting or query language.
  • Strong understanding of modern cloud infrastructure and SaaS security principles.
  • Sound risk-based judgment and the ability to make timely decisions with incomplete information during active incidents.
  • Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration skills during high-pressure situations.
  • Preferred experience with self-service security triage automation, AI-assisted response, threat hunting, digital forensics, threat intelligence, infrastructure-as-code security controls, containerized or Kubernetes-based cloud environments, and security work in fast-paced startup environments.

Benefits

  • Regular on-call rotation to support rapid response to critical security incidents and maintain operational resilience.
  • Opportunity to shape security tooling, workflows, metrics, and the operating model with significant autonomy.
  • Equal opportunity employer providing reasonable accommodations for disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs.

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About Brain Co.

11-50 employees

We're building an AI platform and applications for the world's most important institutions. Learn more at https://brain.co/

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