5 months ago
Base Salary
$168k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, tune, and deploy high-quality detections across the platform
- Develop detections using EDR, threat intelligence, endpoint and cloud posture telemetry, and native AWS cloud services
- Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify threat actor behaviors and detection gaps
- Lead security event and incident handling, including triage, investigation, containment guidance, and post-incident improvements
- Build automation and tooling to reduce manual effort and improve detection accuracy
- Improve detection engineering, incident response, and telemetry processes
- Collaborate with Engineering to improve logging and visibility across AWS environments
- Prototype AI-assisted detection and response capabilities
- Maintain playbooks, documentation, and detection engineering best practices
- Design and conduct tabletop exercises and participate in an on-call rotation
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, security event analysis, and incident response
- Strong understanding of attacker behaviors, malware techniques, and modern threat landscapes
- Hands-on experience with EDR platforms for event analysis, detections, and hunting
- Proficiency with AWS security and logging services including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, IAM, VPC Flow Logs, and Lambda
- Experience designing and conducting attack-and-defend tabletop exercises
- Ability to improve processes, reduce friction, and automate repetitive tasks
- Interest in applying AI/ML to detection, hunting, and response workflows
- Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Welcoming and casual work environment
- Great benefits and wellness program offerings
- Company retreats and opportunities to learn from startup community leaders
- Role based in the New York City headquarters with a hybrid work arrangement
About Justworks
Justworks provides a PEO and SaaS platform for small and midsize businesses to run payroll, offer benefits, and manage HR and compliance. Products include access to health insurance and 401(k), payroll and contractor payments, onboarding tools, and reporting, sold via subscriptions and PEO service fees. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, the company is privately held and serves employers across the United States.