Senior Detection & Response Engineer - Automation

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling in Seattle, WA seeks a hands-on Senior Detection and Response Security Engineer to drive the company’s security program forward. You will design tools, automate workflows, and refine detection logic to improve incident response across cloud production systems.

You will collaborate with security and engineering teams to advance SIEM, Case Management, and automation, and you will develop runbooks and conduct proactive threat hunts for stronger defenses.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a security engineer with focus on monitoring and incident response.
• Proficient in building security tools and automation (Python preferred).
• Knowledge of ATT&CK framework and threat hunting fundamentals.
• Experience analyzing large data sets and correlating signals across logs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement tools to collect telemetry from cloud systems for detection and response.
• Automate workflows to speed up security event identification and reaction.
• Develop and refine advanced detection rules against emerging threats.
• Improve detection processes, procedures, and technologies used in security ops.
• Advance SIEM, Case Management, and Automation frameworks within the team.
• Create runbooks and incident playbooks for detections and responses.
• Lead proactive threat hunting and feed findings into security controls.

Skills

Security engineering

Python tooling

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat hunting

Data analysis

Forensics

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

Rippling in Seattle, WA seeks a hands-on Senior Detection and Response Security Engineer to drive the company’s security program forward. You will design tools, automate workflows, and refine detection logic to improve incident response across cloud production systems.

You will collaborate with security and engineering teams to advance SIEM, Case Management, and automation, and you will develop runbooks and conduct proactive threat hunts for stronger defenses.