Security Detection Engineer - AI-Driven SIEM

Pinterest; United States; Hybrid; USD 123,696 - 254,667; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to build and improve security detection and response capabilities. This role allows you to solve challenging problems and impact the overall security posture of the company.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity and experience with security tools and incident response.

This position offers a competitive salary between $123,696 and $254,667 USD, dependent on experience and location.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of intrusion detection and incident response with an engineering focus in a modern cloud first environment.
• Hands-on experience with writing SIEM queries for alerting, response, and threat hunting.
• Understanding of networking technologies and/or network security, basic TCP/IP network fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Build alerts and automation workflows to detect and respond to security threats.
• Manage logging pipelines and improve detection coverage.
• Respond to alerts and run incidents as part of an on-call rotation.

Skills

Intrusion detection

Incident response

Cloud security

SIEM queries

Threat hunting

Networking technologies

Scripting (Python, Go, Ruby)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

EDR

Osquery

Firewall logs

Job description

Pinterest is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to build and improve security detection and response capabilities. This role allows you to solve challenging problems and impact the overall security posture of the company.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity and experience with security tools and incident response.

This position offers a competitive salary between $123,696 and $254,667 USD, dependent on experience and location.