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Senior Security Engineer

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Oct 29, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To enhance its Information Security capabilities, the full-time Senior Security Engineer will manage detection and monitoring, lead incident response playbook development, and spearhead threat hunting initiatives in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Own detection and monitoring processes, tuning detection content and reducing false positives
  • Lead the design and continuous improvement of incident response playbooks for consistent team responses
  • Drive automation for alerting and triage workflows to minimize manual effort and response times
Required qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in a SOC, incident response, or detection engineering role with demonstrated ownership of an IR program
  • Hands-on experience with SIEM tools, including log ingestion and detection tuning
  • Strong understanding of the full incident response lifecycle and digital forensics fundamentals
  • Proficiency in scripting or automation for triage and response, preferably using Python
  • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and common attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK)

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