Senior IR Engineer - Automation & Remote

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 153,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Equity grant

Paid time off

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer on the Incident Response team to lead complex investigations, implement automation, and strengthen detection and response workflows. You will own incidents end-to-end—from signal through containment and recovery—coordinate diverse stakeholders, and translate findings into actionable guidance for technical and non‑technical audiences.

This remote‑first role supports US and Canada teams, offers a competitive USD salary, equity,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security incident response roles, with 3+ years focused on security engineering and automation.
• Experience leading complex security incidents in cloud-native or SaaS environments.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) and working with APIs or orchestration platforms.
• Familiarity with applying AI/ML-assisted workflows to operational security use cases.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-facing summaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute security incidents end-to-end, from initial signal through containment, recovery, and post-incident review.
• Assess severity, declare incidents, and drive structured coordination and decision-making during active response.
• Perform hands-on investigations and threat hunting to determine root cause, attacker behavior, scope, and impact.
• Design and build automation to reduce triage, investigation, and response time.
• Develop scalable systems and workflows that improve incident response and incident management.
• Identify recurring pain points and detection/response gaps, and implement durable engineering solutions.
• Improve incident response playbooks, case management, and orchestration tooling.
• Apply AI-assisted tooling to enhance triage, enrichment, and investigative workflows while maintaining accuracy.

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer on the Incident Response team to lead complex investigations, implement automation, and strengthen detection and response workflows. You will own incidents end-to-end—from signal through containment and recovery—coordinate diverse stakeholders, and translate findings into actionable guidance for technical and non‑technical audiences.

This remote‑first role supports US and Canada teams, offers a competitive USD salary, equity,