Lead Security Operations Analyst — AI-Driven Threat Detection

Expedia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group in Seattle is hiring a Principal Analyst - Security Operations to lead complex security operations analyses, design monitoring workflows, and translate findings into actionable remediation plans across multiple teams.

The role requires extensive security operations experience, hands-on incident response, and expertise in SIEM/EDR, with AI/ML-enabled security processing. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in security operations.
• Extensive experience in security operations, including hands-on incident detection, investigation, and response across large-scale or complex environments.
• Proven ownership of security operations across multiple services or domains, including responsibility for end-to-end monitoring, alerting, and incident handling processes.
• Strong technical expertise in security tooling and infrastructure such as SIEM, EDR, log management, and security analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows in a security context, and the ability to work effectively with data, detections, and automation to improve operational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex security operations analyses to detect, investigate, and respond to sophisticated threats across Expedia Group environments, driving clear, measurable risk reduction.
• Design, optimize, and standardize security monitoring and incident response workflows, including runbooks, playbooks, and escalation paths, to improve speed, quality, and consistency of response.
• Partner with engineering, incident management, and product teams to translate security findings into actionable technical requirements and remediation plans, influencing roadmaps across multiple domains.
• Develop and maintain advanced analytics, detections, dashboards, and reporting that provide deep visibility into security posture, threat trends, and operational performance for senior stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across global security operations, shaping best practices for log management, alert tuning, investigation techniques, and use of SOAR/SIEM and related tooling.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve detection, triage, and response outcomes, building familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world security operations scenarios.

Skills

Security operations

Threat detection

Incident response

Data analytics

AI/ML familiarity

Log management

SIEM

EDR

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Log management

Security analytics platforms

Job description

Expedia Group in Seattle is hiring a Principal Analyst - Security Operations to lead complex security operations analyses, design monitoring workflows, and translate findings into actionable remediation plans across multiple teams.

The role requires extensive security operations experience, hands-on incident response, and expertise in SIEM/EDR, with AI/ML-enabled security processing. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.