Manager Security Engineer, Operations

Fivetran, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fivetran + dbt is seeking a Manager of Security Operations, Incident Detection and Response to bolster platform and enterprise security. This hands-on, people-leadership role requires deep expertise in security operations and AI-driven automation, securing multi-tenant SaaS environments, and leading a high-performing team across endpoints, cloud, and production.

This full-time remote position is based out of the US (EST Time Zone).

Qualifications

• Experience leading detection and response teams in security operations.
• Hands-on incident detection, response, and security automation expertise.
• Experience securing multi-tenant SaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of detection and response engineers and analysts.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard top security talent; define team structure and rotations.
• Own enterprise incident response across the organization, ensuring threats are detected, contained, and remediated.

Skills

Security operations

Incident detection and response

Leadership

Hiring team building

Tools

Crowdstrike

Okta

Google Workspace

Wiz

Notion

JIRA

Job description

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.About Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

Fivetran + dbt is seeking a Manager of Security Operations, Incident Detection and Response, to bolster and improve the robustness and security of the platform and the entire enterprise. This people-leadership role is hands-on and execution-focused, requiring deep expertise in security operations, incident detection and response, AI-driven security automation, and securing multi-tenant SaaS environments. You'll build and lead a high-performing team, own the detection and response technology stack, and serve as the accountable leader for incident response across the entire enterprise, ensuring threats are detected, contained, and remediated quickly from endpoint to cloud to production.

This is a full-time remote position based out of the US (EST Time Zone).

Technologies You’ll Use

• Crowdstrike
• Okta
• Google Workspace
• Wiz
• Open Source
• Notion
• JIRA

What You’ll Do

• People Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of detection and response engineers and analysts. Set clear goals, manage performance, and grow careers while fostering a culture of ownership, curiosity, and urgency.
• Hiring Team Building: Recruit, hire, and onboard top security talent. Define team structure, roles, on-call rotations, and hiring plans to scale the team alongside the business.
• Enterprise Incident Response: Own the incid