Security Engineering Manager — AI-Driven Detection & Response

Qualia; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401k

Commuter benefits

Professional development

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Onboarding program

All-hands meetings

Virtual events

Job summary

Qualia is seeking an Information Security Engineering Manager in Austin to lead a security engineering team, drive automation and AI-assisted workflows, and own detection and response across products and assets. You will interface with executives and engineers to communicate risk and improve security posture.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, incident response, and collaboration with Product, IT, Legal, and Compliance teams while supporting SOC 2 and ISO 27001 programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional information security experience with defensive and offensive exposure.
• 2+ years leading or managing a security engineering/operations team.
• Hands-on depth in security operations, detection engineering, and incident response.
• Experience writing code and shipping automation, preferably with AI/LLM in security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Information Security team, setting goals and prioritizing the security roadmap.
• Own end-to-end detection and response, define normal baselines across products and assets.
• Serve as incident commander for security incidents and drive post-incident reviews.
• Own escalation path for customer security concerns and coordinate resolution.
• Scale the team through automation and AI-assisted workflows.
• Strengthen cloud and corporate security posture across identity, endpoints, and SaaS.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to embed security in product development and new tech adoption.
• Support compliance programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001) with evidence and audits.
• Hire and mentor security engineers to foster growth and high performance.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Automation / scripting

Written communication

Cloud security

Identity and access management

AI / LLMs in security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SIEM

Automation tooling

Identity management tooling

Job description

Qualia is seeking an Information Security Engineering Manager in Austin to lead a security engineering team, drive automation and AI-assisted workflows, and own detection and response across products and assets. You will interface with executives and engineers to communicate risk and improve security posture.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, incident response, and collaboration with Product, IT, Legal, and Compliance teams while supporting SOC 2 and ISO 27001 programs.