Senior Detection & Response Engineer: Incident Lead

Cerebras; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to build and evolve the capabilities that power our detection and response program. You will create reliable detections, lead complex investigations, and develop automated tooling that makes security operations faster and more consistent.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in detection engineering or security engineering, strong Python and SQL skills, and a track record of transforming attacker

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or security engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with writable, testable code.
• Deep knowledge of detection and response across cloud, identity, and endpoint environments.
• Experience leading complex investigations and translating attacker behavior into durable improvements.
• Experience building and operating production security tooling and automation.
• Strong fundamentals in operating systems, networking, log analysis, and distributed systems.
• Excellent written communication skills and ability to mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and optimization of detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents.
• Lead investigations and coordinated response for complex security events, including on-call responsibilities.
• Own key areas of the detection and response program and provide technical leadership to broader team initiatives.
• Build automation and integrations that reduce toil and make investigation and response faster and more consistent.
• Build and maintain detection and response capabilities as code, setting standards for testing, deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
• Translate incident findings and attacker behavior into durable improvements, including the thoughtful application of AI-driven approaches.
• Maintain clear runbooks and technical documentation, and mentor other engineers in effective detection and response practices.

Skills

Detection engineering

Python

SQL

Cloud security

Incident response

On-call

Automation

Documentation

Job description

Cerebras Systems in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to build and evolve the capabilities that power our detection and response program. You will create reliable detections, lead complex investigations, and develop automated tooling that makes security operations faster and more consistent.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in detection engineering or security engineering, strong Python and SQL skills, and a track record of transforming attacker