Senior Detection Engineer — AI-Driven Cyber Defense

ITSMF; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Cox Automotive is seeking an experienced Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to drive Detection Engineering across our automotive solutions portfolio. You will design, build, and maintain advanced detection capabilities, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and Vulnerability Management to strengthen detection coverage.

The ideal candidate will have expert hands-on SIEM and log ingestion expertise, strong communication, and a track record of raising the technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 6+ years industry experience.
• Multi-cloud security experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks for security applications.
• Expert-level knowledge of Detection Engineering.
• Strong experience in information security, network security, monitoring, and IR.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical lead for detection engineering and build detective solutions.
• Contribute to and execute the Detection Engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Architect and deploy AI systems to detect, analyze, and respond to threats.
• Design multi-agent frameworks for threat hunting and incident investigation.
• Develop self-improving detection rules and playbooks.
• Implement detection techniques using SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms.
• Create custom detection rules and automated remediation playbooks.
• Use MITRE/ATLAS to map coverage and close gaps.
• Monitor and optimize detection systems for performance and scale.
• Collaborate with Threat Detection and Response to improve capabilities.
• Perform attack simulations to validate use cases.
• Conduct purple-teaming with Vulnerability Management.
• Manage SIEM/Data Lake data ingestion infrastructure.
• Evaluate, tune, and sunset detections as needed.
• Document detection use cases and configurations.
• Provide off-hours support for security ops.

Skills

Multi-cloud security

AI/ML for security

Detection engineering

SIEM/SOAR

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Leadership

Communication

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

SIEM/SOAR platforms

EDR

Data Lake

Job description

Cox Automotive is seeking an experienced Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to drive Detection Engineering across our automotive solutions portfolio. You will design, build, and maintain advanced detection capabilities, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and Vulnerability Management to strengthen detection coverage.

The ideal candidate will have expert hands-on SIEM and log ingestion expertise, strong communication, and a track record of raising the technical