Remote Cyber Defense Engineer – AI-Driven Security Ops

Credit Acceptance Corporation; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Credit Acceptance is seeking a cybersecurity engineer to advance our Cyber Defense program. You will operate, tune, and expand security platforms across endpoints, networks, and cloud, with a focus on detection, automation, and rapid containment.

The role supports on-call rotations and occasional travel to a Credit Acceptance building. The position follows a hybrid model with two work-from-home days and three in-office days weekly, with a competitive salary and annual incentive alignment based

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science or cybersecurity.
• Minimum 2 years in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or related field.
• Experience triaging alerts/incidents and supporting containment actions.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise security platforms (SIEM, EDR, WAF, automation).
• Experience with scripting/automation and APIs or webhooks.
• Knowledge of version control and IaC concepts.
• Cloud services knowledge and cloud security logs.
• Understanding of secure authentication and least-privilege access.
• Ability to troubleshoot and document clearly.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and improve enterprise Cyber Defense platforms across endpoint, web, network, monitoring, and automation services.
• Maintain SIEM integrations; onboard telemetry and resolve data quality issues.
• Support containment, remediation, and recovery actions across environments.
• Develop and tune detection logic; improve signal quality and investigative value.
• Build response playbooks and automate investigation tasks using scripting and APIs.
• Collaborate with teams and participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Incident response

Automation

Cloud security

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

WAF

APIs & Webhooks

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Credit Acceptance is seeking a cybersecurity engineer to advance our Cyber Defense program. You will operate, tune, and expand security platforms across endpoints, networks, and cloud, with a focus on detection, automation, and rapid containment.

The role supports on-call rotations and occasional travel to a Credit Acceptance building. The position follows a hybrid model with two work-from-home days and three in-office days weekly, with a competitive salary and annual incentive alignment based