Senior Automation Engineer- Cloud Networking

Fluidstack; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in California is hiring a Senior Detection Engineer to build and scale detection content across cloud telemetry (AWS/GCP/Azure) and endpoint signals. You will own detection-as-code pipelines, write tests, and drive automation to keep alert volume manageable in a fast-moving data-center infrastructure company.

You'll bring 8+ years in security operations or incident response, deep hands-on detection experience, and strong Python scripting to implement end-to-end detection solutions

Qualifications

• 8+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response at scale.
• Hands-on experience writing detections for cloud telemetry (AWS/GCP/Azure) and endpoint telemetry.
• Strong Python scripting and automation to maintain detection pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own detection-as-code end-to-end with tests and CI.
• Write detections across cloud and endpoint telemetry.
• Drive automation of triage and enrichment to scale alert volume.
• Collaborate with IT and infrastructure teams in a fast-moving environment.

Skills

Detection engineering

Cloud telemetry

Python scripting

Cross-team collaboration

GPU/HPC security (bonus)

Tools

Sigma

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. Love of the game. Build detection and response coverage across cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), endpoint, and identity telemetry for a company whose attack surface spans corporate IT and gigawatt-scale data center infrastructure.

Stand up detection-as-code pipelines so every detection is versioned, tested, and deployed like software rather than hand-edited in a console.

Harden corp IT foundations (identity, device management, access) so security scales with headcount instead of lagging it.

Build the detection engineering function from the ground up: telemetry pipelines, detection content, alert routing, and response runbooks, with coverage you can defend against a threat model, not just a tool checklist.

Own detection-as-code end to end, writing detections across cloud and endpoint sources with tests, version control, and CI so a bad rule never ships silently.

Drive automation of triage and enrichment in Python (or similar) so alert volume scales without proportional headcount.

8+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response, with time spent at a high-growth tech company, cloud-native infrastructure provider, or top-tier MDR/threat intel firm.

• You've built or scaled a detection engineering function, not just operated inside one: you can point to the program, the pipeline, and the coverage that exist because of you.
• Deep hands-on experience writing detections against cloud telemetry (AWS, GCP, or Azure control plane and audit logs) and endpoint telemetry (EDR event streams, OS-level signals).
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or similar, enough to build and maintain detection-as-code pipelines yourself rather than spec them for someone else.
• You work well across corp IT and infrastructure teams in a fast-moving environment, and you get telemetry and fixes shipped by making the case, not by escalating.
• Bonus: experience securing GPU clusters, HPC environments, or physical data center infrastructure, or contributions to open-source detection content (Sigma, community rule sets).

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law.