Director Security Operations and Detection Engineering

You will lead detection and response and security-operations functions, including engineers and analysts. You will set strategy, roadmaps, staffing, and incident-response posture. You will oversee vulnerability management, detection tooling, metrics, and executive reporting across cloud, enterprise, and vehicle environments while guiding high-stakes technical decisions and incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead detection and response and security operations teams
• Own 24x7 staffing, on-call rotations, and resource allocation across time zones
• Define and drive strategy and roadmaps for detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, and security operations
• Guide technical architecture, prioritization, and high-stakes incident response
• Own incident-response posture from detection through post-incident reviews
• Oversee cloud vulnerability management and remediation tracking
• Oversee detection tooling and cross-functional security projects
• Report KPIs, telemetry coverage, alert fidelity, and security-operations maturity to executive leadership

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience
• 6+ years leading, managing, and scaling detection engineering and security operations teams
• Hands-on experience with detection engineering, threat hunting, or incident response
• Knowledge of SIEM, EDR, NDR, SOAR, and detection and response tooling
• Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Linux, macOS, and Windows security
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and adversarial techniques
• Incident management and vulnerability-management experience
• Python and/or C++ proficiency
• Experience with AWS Athena, Snowflake, SQL, and data warehousing
• Experience designing and implementing Zero Trust Architecture
• Experience with auditd, sysmon, or eBPF
• Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, performance monitoring, and capacity planning
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, Git, and Terraform

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Equity compensation