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Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response

Reno💼 Full-time💰 $205,000–$205,000🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and lead AI-augmented detection and response pipelines for critical cloud infrastructure, reducing false positives and guiding high-impact incident response.

Role type

Staff Security Engineer (Detection and Response)

Builds

AI-powered detection/triage pipelines, scalable SIEM/SOAR frameworks, and incident response programs

Domain

Cloud Security (AWS), Security Operations, AI/LLM Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

AI/LLM system engineering, detection-as-code, AWS security services (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Athena), MITRE ATT&CK mapping, incident response leadership, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), Python/Kotlin/TypeScript

Preferred skills

Leading complex incidents as technical lead, hands-on AI agent design, open source security contributions

Technologies

AWS (CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, Athena, Lambda, ECS/EKS), Terraform, Python, Kotlin, TypeScript

Responsibilities

Shape DART roadmap based on threat models, eliminate detection gaps via variant analysis, architect AI-powered pipelines, collaborate on SIEM/SOAR design, own incident response program maturity, set technical direction for codebases, establish AI usage standards, influence security strategy, mentor engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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