Detection Response Engineer (San Francisco)
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Salary: $50 - $80 per hour A bit about us: We are a Software Consulting firm working with enterprise and start companies that are AI driven and we are developing some of the most cutting edge software/security solutions platforms in the world Why join us?
- Competitive Compensation
- Work on incredible projects that are fun and challenging
- Full Benefits (Medical, Vision, Dental)
- 401k
- Long term Contract to Hire opportunity
- Build, tune, and maintain detection logic across customer SIEM and security data platforms (Panther, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or similar).
- Develop correlation rules, scheduled queries, and multi-stage alert pipelines tailored to each customer's environment and threat profile.
- Translate adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (MITRE ATT&CK, threat intel, red-team findings) into high-fidelity detections.
- Perform detection coverage gap analyses against customer threat models and recommend prioritized improvements.
- Integrate detection-as-code practices into CI/CD pipelines for security content (version control, peer review, automated testing).
- Build SOAR workflows and automation that reduce manual toil in alert triage, enrichment, and response.
- Lead threat modeling sessions with customer security and engineering teams to identify attack paths and detection requirements.
- Write and maintain documentation, runbooks, and architecture decision records (ADRs) for detection content and incident response playbooks.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in detection engineering, security operations, or incident response.
- Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, adversary TTPs, and common detection evasion techniques.
- Hands-on experience building and tuning detections in at least one major SIEM or security data platform.
- Working proficiency in one or more query languages: SQL, KQL, SPL, CQL, PantherFlow, or SnowSQL.
- Familiarity with endpoint (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne), identity (Okta, Azure AD), cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), and SaaS (Google Workspace, GitHub, Salesforce) telemetry.
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting language for automation, tooling, and integration work.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate detection findings into actionable SOC and engineering tasks.
- Must be located in the SF Bay Area or willing to travel to our San Francisco office on a regular cadence. NICE TO HAVE
- Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, GCDA, GCFA, or CySA+.
- Experience with detection-as-code frameworks and SOAR automation platforms.
- Background in threat hunting, purple team exercises, or adversary emulation.
- CrowdStrike (CCFA, CCSE) or Zscaler (ZDTA, ZDTE, ZDXA, ZTCA) certifications
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