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Senior Security Engineer

Job in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 94306, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-22
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Security Management & Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 180000 - 260000 USD Yearly USD 180000.00 260000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve enterprise security tools across Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Network, SaaS, Vulnerability Management, Logging, and Response platforms.
  • Oversee and optimize Managed Detection and Response (MDR), as well as Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), capabilities and related integrations.
  • Serve as a technical owner for SIEM operations, including log source onboarding, data normalization, detection support, performance tuning, cost optimization, and regulatory logging requirements.
  • Develop, tune, and maintain high-value Threat Detection content, including SIEM rules, behavioral analytics, endpoint detections, cloud detections, and identity-based alerts.
  • Analyze security events, threat intelligence, and attacker tradecraft to improve detection coverage, validate alert effectiveness, and support incident response investigations.
  • Support and participate in Incident Response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, evidence collection, and post-incident reviews.
  • Support security investigations involving endpoint activity, cloud events, identity logs, network telemetry, SaaS activity, and other relevant data sources.
  • Provide expertise on EDR tooling including policy configuration, telemetry ingestion, detections, response actions, host containment, and integrations with other security systems.
  • Support Vulnerability Management activities, including scanner operations, asset coverage, vulnerability validation, risk prioritization, remediation tracking, exception handling, and reporting.
  • Manage threats from AWS and cloud-native environments, including monitoring and responding to Cloud Trail, VPC Flow Logs, workload logs, IAM activity, container activity, and cloud security findings.
  • Build dashboards, metrics, and reports to measure Security Tool health, detection coverage, Vulnerability Management posture, Incident Response effectiveness, and overall security program maturity.
  • Develop and maintain documentation, operational runbooks, incident response playbooks, engineering standards, and tool administration procedures.
  • Evaluate AI-assisted security capabilities for detection, response, vulnerability management, and automation, while helping define how AI systems, agents, and usage are logged, monitored, and assessed for risk.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers, analysts, and cross‑functional partners.
  • Stay current on emerging threats, attacker tradecraft, vulnerability trends, Security Tooling, Cloud Security practices, and Security Engineering best practices.
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Detection Engineering, or a related security role.
  • Broad hands‑on experience administering and improving enterprise security tools.
  • Experience supporting Incident Response in a SOC or enterprise security environment.
  • Strong experience with SIEM platforms, including log ingestion, alerting, detection content, dashboards, and operational support.
  • Experience with EDR platforms, including investigation, containment, policy management, and response workflows.
  • Experience with Vulnerability Management platforms and processes, including vulnerability scanning, prioritization, remediation tracking, and reporting.
  • Hands‑on experience securing and monitoring AWS or other cloud environments.
  • Experience working with identity and access logs, preferably including Okta or similar identity platforms.
  • Strong understanding of endpoint, cloud, identity, network, SaaS, and infrastructure security telemetry.
  • Experience developing documentation, runbooks, playbooks, and repeatable operational procedures.
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Security Engineering and Operations, with a strong focus on SIEM and EDR platforms, Vulnerability Management, and Incident Response. Proficient in developing detection content, managing cloud security, and providing technical leadership in security practices.

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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