Principal Security Operations — AI-Driven Defense

11105 Expedia, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 231,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Analyst in Security Operations to lead complex analyses, drive threat detection, and improve incident response across its global environments. You will design workflows, partner with engineering teams, and mentor junior staff in advanced investigation and incident management.

The role emphasizes AI/ML-enabled detection and proactive security posture, with a focus on measurable risk reduction and cross-functional collaboration across Expedia Group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical security operations experience.
• Hands-on incident detection, investigation, and response across large environments.
• Ownership of monitoring, alerting, and incident handling processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead security analyses to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across Expedia Group.
• Design and standardize monitoring workflows, runbooks, and escalation paths.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate findings into requirements.
• Develop analytics, detections, dashboards, and reporting for leadership.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across global security operations.
• Safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions to improve detection and response outcomes.

Skills

Security operations

Incident detection

Threat investigation

AI/ML awareness

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Log management

Security analytics platforms

SOAR

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Analyst in Security Operations to lead complex analyses, drive threat detection, and improve incident response across its global environments. You will design workflows, partner with engineering teams, and mentor junior staff in advanced investigation and incident management.

The role emphasizes AI/ML-enabled detection and proactive security posture, with a focus on measurable risk reduction and cross-functional collaboration across Expedia Group.