MDR Cloud Security Engineer — US Founding Member

Upwind Security, Inc.; Stati Uniti; Remoto; USD 120.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Upwind Security, Inc. is seeking a Security Engineer to join our MDR team as the founding U.S. member of the Security organization. You will focus on proactive reviews, providing advanced guidance to customers, and independently owning U.S.-hours coverage.

Join a fast-growing team and partner with analysts, researchers, and engineers to scale the U.S. presence with opportunities for leadership. You will help fine-tune detection and response, conduct risk reviews, and develop playbooks to improve

Mansioni

• Assist in fine-tuning Upwind's detection and response mechanisms.
• Support proactive reviews of customer environments to identify risks, exposed attack surfaces, and recommend improvements.
• Lead and conduct in-depth security investigations — including supply chain, API, malware, and runtime attack scenarios — documenting outcomes and developing playbooks to enhance future detection and response.
• Collaborate with Security Analysts, Research, and Backend teams to enhance detection quality.
• Own the handling of complex or critical incidents escalated from Tier 1/2, including live, high-pressure engagements with customers.
• Participate in recurring customer meetings, helping translate security findings into clear, actionable recommendations — and maintain composure when conversations get tense.
• Stay up to date with emerging threats, attack techniques, attack surfaces, and best practices in cloud security.
• Contribute to the development and training of AI-driven detection models, leveraging machine learning to improve investigation accuracy and response efficiency.

Conoscenze

Cloud security

Incident response

Threat detection

Security investigations

Strumenti

AI/ML models

Descrizione del lavoro

Upwind Security, Inc. is seeking a Security Engineer to join our MDR team as the founding U.S. member of the Security organization. You will focus on proactive reviews, providing advanced guidance to customers, and independently owning U.S.-hours coverage.

Join a fast-growing team and partner with analysts, researchers, and engineers to scale the U.S. presence with opportunities for leadership. You will help fine-tune detection and response, conduct risk reviews, and develop playbooks to improve