Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering)
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ConfluentData Streaming
Remote, United States, North America and IndiaFull-TimeManager
Salary$241.7K - $319K; $241.7K – $319K • Offers Equity
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years of experience in software development, security engineering, or security operations, with 5+ years in direct engineering or security management
- Required Skills
- KafkaKubernetes
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software development, security engineering, or security operations.
- 5+ years in direct engineering or security management.
- Proven track record of building, coaching, and scaling engineering teams across multiple time zones.
- Deep technical domain expertise across detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence.
- Experience building or operating scalable data/event pipelines, modern telemetry stacks, or stream-processing architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-severity security incidents with composure, clarity, and cross-functional leadership.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategic vision and roadmap execution for Confluent's Detection & Response program across our multi-cloud infrastructure.
- Build, scale, and mentor a distributed, global team across North America and India.
- Drive the evolution of detection engineering and incident response capabilities by utilizing modern software practices with an emphasis on large scale automation.
- Oversee security incident response operations, serving as an escalation point/Incident Commander during high-severity security events and driving post-incident reviews.
- Establish or improve operational metrics to continuously evaluate and improve program maturity.
- Partner closely with Engineering, and stakeholders across Legal and Compliance teams, to integrate detection telemetry and proactive response across the company.
- Champion an engineering-centric security culture focused on automation, noise reduction, and continuous improvement to minimize operational toil for responders.
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