Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response (Cybersecurity): Designing, building, and continuously improving threat detections across infrastructure, products, and corporate environments with an accent on incident response, threat intelligence, and automation. Focus on leading complex security incidents, scaling detection workflows using Detection-as-Code practices, and enhancing operational maturity.

Location: Remote (United States | Canada)

Salary: For USA-based roles, $156,000–$210,000 USD annually; for Canada-based roles, $143,000–$193,000 CAD annually.

Company

hirify.global is a product company that builds market-leading enterprise password managers and pioneers Extended Access Management, ensuring digital safety and productivity for over 180,000 businesses.

What you will do

• Design, build, and continuously improve threat detections across hirify.global’s infrastructure, products, internal tools, and corporate environments.
• Lead and support security incident response activities, including investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident learning.
• Apply threat intelligence and knowledge of attacker TTPs to detection development, threat hunting, alert triage, and response prioritization.
• Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, and IT teams to improve security visibility, logging quality, and response readiness.
• Use automation, scripting, and Detection-as-Code practices to scale detection and response workflows and improve reliability.
• Own end-to-end security projects aligned with Detection & Response initiatives and broader security strategy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in security technical engineering roles, with 3+ years focused on security operations, detection engineering or incident response.
• Hands-on experience with detection engineering and automation, including SIEMs, SOAR platforms, behavior analytics, and Detection-as-Code workflows.
• Strong understanding of modern attacker techniques and their application to cloud-native, SaaS, and identity-centric environments.
• Experience with endpoint, runtime, and forensic tools across multiple operating systems.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP) and security best practices for cloud-native systems.
• Proficiency with scripting and infrastructure tools (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines) to support automation and internal tooling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a remote-first environment that values collaboration, transparent communication, and feedback.
• Generous PTO policy, competitive health benefits, and maternity/parental leave top-up programs.
• Participation in an RSU program, retirement matching, and a free hirify.global account.
• Opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technology, including AI, to drive innovative solutions.
• Engage in paid volunteer days and peer-to-peer recognition programs.
• Travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, including annual offsites and team meetings.