Senior Security Engineer (Detection & Response)

Location: Hybrid role based at the New York City headquarters

Salary: $167,500–$235,000 annually

Company

hirify.global provides business and HR solutions that help companies manage operational and people-related needs.

What you will do

• Build, tune, and deploy high-quality security detections across the platform.
• Develop detections using EDR, threat intelligence, endpoint and cloud posture data, and AWS telemetry.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and identify attacker behaviors, detection gaps, and visibility issues.
• Lead security event and incident handling, including triage, investigation, containment guidance, and post-incident improvements.
• Build automation and tooling, improve detection and incident-response workflows, and contribute to playbooks and documentation.
• Design and conduct tabletop exercises, collaborate with Engineering on AWS logging, and prototype AI-assisted detection and response capabilities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, security event analysis, and incident response.
• Strong understanding of attacker behaviors, malware techniques, and modern threat landscapes.
• Hands-on experience with EDR platforms, including event analysis, detection development, and hunting.
• Proficiency with AWS security and logging services such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, IAM, VPC Flow Logs, and Lambda.
• Experience designing and conducting attack-and-defend tabletop exercises, improving processes, and automating repetitive tasks.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Interest in applying AI and machine learning to detection, threat hunting, and response workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Welcoming, casual, and supportive work environment.
• Benefits and wellness program offerings.
• Company retreats and opportunities to learn from leaders in the startup community.
• Inclusive workplace focused on collaboration, openness, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required.