Security Engineer II (Detection & SOC Engineering)

TL;DR

Security Engineer II (Detection & SOC Engineering): Working as a technical leader within Security Operations, focusing on advanced detection engineering, security automation, and incident response leadership with an accent on designing and building high-fidelity detections, developing custom security tooling, and integrating the security stack. Focus on leading complex investigations, improving alert quality, automating workflows, and raising the technical bar within the SOC.

Location: Remote (USA) or Lehi, Utah

Company

hirify.global is a product company that provides AI employees to local businesses to capture and convert leads into revenue.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and tune high-fidelity detections across cloud, endpoint, SaaS, identity, and application environments.
• Build custom security tooling to improve alert enrichment, investigation, and response.
• Develop integrations between security tools and internal systems via APIs.
• Lead complex incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Improve and mature incident response playbooks and processes.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for high-severity incidents and drive systemic improvements.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of experience in security engineering, detection engineering, or security operations.
• Strong experience with SIEM platforms.
• Experience with EDR platforms.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Experience working in AWS or similar cloud environments.
• Experience leading complex incident investigations.

Nice to have

• Experience building internal security tools.
• Detection-as-code or infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Experience integrating tools via APIs.
• Experience mentoring junior analysts or engineers.
• Familiarity with SaaS security and identity-based attack patterns.

Culture & Benefits

• Open and transparent culture with opportunities for career-defining growth.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave, fertility benefits.
• Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401k Plan with company matching.
• Stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes.
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees.