Remote Senior Threat Detection & Incident Response Engineer

Ektello; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 208,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Ektello is seeking a Sr. Security Engineer for Threat Detection & Response (TDR) to lead incident investigation and response efforts in a 100% remote capacity. You will mentor peers and define strategic vision for threat detection, enabling scalable security across data, systems, and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes proactive threat hunting, automation, and collaboration with Legal, Privacy, and executives to drive robust security practices and incident lifecycle improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on security operations including investigations, incident response, and threat detection.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation.
• Strong SQL and Pandas for data analysis and telemetry review.
• Deep knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and Cyber Kill Chain concepts.
• Experience automating detection and incident response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-priority investigations into security incidents using forensics and data analytics.
• Develop detection and automation solutions to scale incident response.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting across corporate and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, and executives on investigations.
• Identify telemetry gaps and expand coverage across infrastructure.

Skills

Security operations

Python scripting

SQL

Pandas

MITRE ATT&CK

Cyber Kill Chain

Automation

Tools

AWS

Elasticsearch (ELK)

Job description

Ektello is seeking a Sr. Security Engineer for Threat Detection & Response (TDR) to lead incident investigation and response efforts in a 100% remote capacity. You will mentor peers and define strategic vision for threat detection, enabling scalable security across data, systems, and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes proactive threat hunting, automation, and collaboration with Legal, Privacy, and executives to drive robust security practices and incident lifecycle improvements.