Senior Detection And Response Security Engineer

The mission of Aurora's Enterprise Security Team is to enable users to securely access information and resources needed to work efficiently. We do this by identifying, reducing, and mitigating risks. We perform assessments to identify risk in business processes, threats to employee endpoints, business applications, and third-party services. We then build and implement solutions to mitigate these identified risks. We also assist with security investigations, incident response, and threat hunting. This role is focused on securing infrastructure and service providers used in the enterprise ecosystem across on-prem, cloud environments, and SaaS applications with an emphasis on building out our Detection and Response capabilities.

In this role, you will

• Develop and implement Aurora's Detection and Response strategy

• Drive continuous improvement of the detection framework, playbooks, and workflow automation

• Consult with IT and other business units to enhance security across the enterprise

• Contribute to the design and development of engineering solutions that support enterprise-wide security initiatives

• Perform risk assessments and threat modeling exercises to identify risks in home-grown and third-party services and application

• Develop security requirements, standards, guidelines, and policies

• Coordinate and guide the response to security vulnerabilities

• Evolve and mature the Enterprise Security team's processes

• Participate in on-call rotation related to security investigations and incident response

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the information security space

• Ability to write quality, robust, testable code in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Go, C, C++)

• Experience communicating risks and resulting mitigations to business owners

• Experience with SaaS, Cloud, or OS security

• Experience collecting and analyzing security logs and related telemetry

• Experience leading and managing cross-functional projects and roll outs

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience crafting logic to detect anomalous use, network, host, or cloud activity

• Experience applying detection and response concepts to on-premise and cloud environments, especially AWS

• Experience with big data tools and methodologies (e.g. SQL and data warehouse technology)

• Experience of cloud environments and related security considerations (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Experience with distributed systems, cloud security, or cloud networking

• Experience with big data tools and methodologies (e.g. SQL and data warehouse technology)

The base salary range for this position is $196k-$294k per year. Aurora's pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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