AI-Driven Detection & Response Engineer II

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,696 - 254,667; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media company is looking for a Security Engineer to enhance capabilities in detecting and responding to security threats. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, along with experience in intrusion detection, incident response, and scripting languages like Python. This role includes building automation workflows, managing logging pipelines, and working collaboratively across teams. The position offers a competitive salary range and emphasizes in-office collaboration only a few times a year.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of intrusion detection and incident response in a cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience with writing SIEM queries for threat hunting.
• Familiarity with multiple sources of telemetry for investigations.

Responsibilities

• Build alerts and automation workflows for security threat detection.
• Manage logging pipelines and infrastructure.
• Hunt for previously undetected threats in the environment.

Skills

Intrusion detection

Incident response

Threat hunting

Scripting/automation (Python, Go, Ruby)

Data validation

Networking technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Osquery

Firewall logs

Job description

A leading social media company is looking for a Security Engineer to enhance capabilities in detecting and responding to security threats. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, along with experience in intrusion detection, incident response, and scripting languages like Python. This role includes building automation workflows, managing logging pipelines, and working collaboratively across teams. The position offers a competitive salary range and emphasizes in-office collaboration only a few times a year.