Staff Security Operations Engineer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Staff Security Operations Engineer (Cybersecurity): Defining and leading a next-generation AI-native security operations program with an accent on security observability, detection engineering, and autonomous AI agents. Focus on building high-fidelity telemetry pipelines, orchestrating AI-driven response workflows, and treating detection and response as a software engineering discipline.

Location: Remote (Must be based in the US)

Salary: $149,000 – $271,500

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first company providing location sharing and safety services to over 95 million monthly active users worldwide.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap for detection and response, making critical platform and architecture decisions.
• Build and mature a security observability platform covering infrastructure, identity, endpoint, and AI-native systems.
• Deploy AI agents to handle autonomous triage, correlation, enrichment, and action on security events.
• Design workflows where AI creates, tests, and improves detection content.
• Lead end-to-end incident response, including severity matrices, executable playbooks, and post-incident reviews.
• Partner with Engineering, Legal, and Privacy teams to ensure observability is integrated into the system launch process.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on security operations or detection engineering experience in production environments.
• Proven experience building AI-powered security workflows, including automated triage and agentic investigation.
• Deep expertise in AWS (CloudTrail, IAM, GuardDuty) and end-to-end cloud incident investigation.
• Identity-centric security expertise with Okta, SSO, and OAuth.
• Ability to write and ship production-grade code, leveraging AI coding tools for efficiency.
• Must be based in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience designing agentic workflows and understanding LLM behavior under adversarial conditions.
• Familiarity with container and Kubernetes security telemetry.
• Direct experience investigating nation-state actors or APT-class threats.
• Contributions to open-source security tooling or published detection content.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching program.
• Flexible PTO and synchronized company-wide shutdowns in winter and summer.
• Reimbursement support for equipment and tools for a productive remote environment.
• Mental Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).