Senior Manager, Detection and Response

Lambda; United States; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Lambda Security is hiring to lead the Detection Response team. You will report to the CISO and shape a proactive security program that uses automation and threat hunting to catch issues in real-time while supporting Lambda’s rapid growth.

You will build scalable security operations, harness AI-powered solutions on our own infrastructure, and ensure enterprise-grade protection across multi-cloud and bare metal environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Detection Response or security operations teams.
• Proven ability to design and scale security processes
• Strong collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Detection Response team and scale with company growth.
• Define processes, culture, and operating rhythms for automation and proactive security.
• Deliver 24/7 security coverage and incident response capabilities.

Skills

Team leadership

Security operations

Automation

Threat hunting

Incident response

Cloud security

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.*Note: This position requires presence in our Bellevue, San Francisco, or San Jose office location 4 days per week; Lambda's designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

About the Role

Lambda Security protects some of the world's most valuable digital assets: invaluable training data, model weights representing immense computational investments, and the sensitive inputs required to leverage best of breed AI models. We're responsible for securing every byte that powers breakthrough artificial intelligence.Reporting to the CISO, you'll lead the Detection Response team that acts as an intelligent backstop-ensuring Lambda is the safest place to build with AI by catching security issues in real-time while enabling our business to move at hypergrowth velocity. Your team will transform reactive security operations into a proactive threat management engine, dedicating the majority of their effort to automation, threat hunting, and capability building rather than constant firefighting.Your team will directly affect customers' trust in the safety of their data by implementing enterprise-grade detection capabilities, automating incident response workflows, and hardening our multi-cloud and bare metal infrastructure while you are building sustainable programs where senior engineers thrive solving novel security challenges. With unique access to LLMs hosted on our own infrastructure, your team will pioneer AI-powered security solutions that wouldn't be possible anywhere else. Key priorities include 24/7 operational coverage, maintaining customer trust through rapid incident response, and delivering a comprehensive D R strategy within your first 6 months.If you're excited about building security operations so efficient that they're "almost boring," where automation handles the routine so your team can focus on the novel, we want to talk.

What You’ll Do

Team Leadership Management:Build, hire, and lead a high-performing Detection Response team that can scale with Lambda's hypergrowth while maintaining 24/8 operational excellenceDefine team processes, culture, and operating rhythms that balance startup agility with security discipline, creating an environment where senior engineers thrive on automation and novel challengesConduct regu

We value diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skills, and we are excited to hear from candidates who can bring unique perspectives to our team.