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Justworks

Senior Security Engineer (Detection & Response)

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7 days ago

Base Salary

$168k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build, tune, and deploy high-quality detections across the platform.
  • Develop detections using telemetry from various security platforms and AWS services.
  • Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify threat actor behaviors.
  • Lead security event and incident handling, including triage and investigation.
  • Build automation and tooling to enhance detection accuracy.
  • Drive process improvements in detection engineering and incident response.
  • Collaborate with Engineering for high-quality logging in AWS environments.
  • Explore AI-assisted detection and response capabilities.
  • Contribute to internal playbooks and detection engineering best practices.
  • Design and conduct table-top exercises to validate response readiness.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in detection engineering and incident response.
  • Strong understanding of attacker behaviors and modern threat landscapes.
  • Hands-on experience with EDR platforms for event analysis and hunting.
  • Proficiency with AWS security and logging services.
  • Experience designing and conducting table-top exercises.
  • Ability to improve processes and automate repetitive tasks.
  • Interest in AI/ML for enhancing detection and response workflows.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Tech Stack

AWS

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