Senior Detection Engineering Lead - Hybrid Security

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Education stipends

Backup childcare

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. seeks a dynamic Detection Engineering Sr. Manager to lead the Threat Detection and Response team within Yahoo's Paranoids.

You will guide, organize, and mentor engineers building and maintaining threat detection rules, working closely with Incident Response and Insider Threat teams to identify adversaries. You will leverage data science and AI capabilities to scale threat detection across Yahoo's infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional security leaders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Experience leading security or engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of Python, SQL, ETL, SIEM, ML models and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the cybersecurity detection strategy with the team.
• Brainstorm detection, hunt, and purple-team ideas.
• Lead a hypothesis-driven research cycle with commitments and delivery.
• Guide the sprint process for building and deploying detections.
• Support cybersecurity investigations as a leader of the Threat Detection and Response Action Group.
• Build and integrate a new system to catch threats.
• Collaborate on Paranoids strategy with security leaders.

Skills

Python

SQL querying

ETL workflows

Statistical analysis

Machine learning models

Cloud infrastructure (GCP & AWS)

AI tools (Claude/Codex)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SIEM platforms

Databricks

GCP

AWS

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. seeks a dynamic Detection Engineering Sr. Manager to lead the Threat Detection and Response team within Yahoo's Paranoids.

You will guide, organize, and mentor engineers building and maintaining threat detection rules, working closely with Incident Response and Insider Threat teams to identify adversaries. You will leverage data science and AI capabilities to scale threat detection across Yahoo's infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional security leaders and