Senior Manager, Detection & Response - Cybersecurity Lead

Aurora; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Manager of Detection & Response to lead a growing team protecting vehicles, cloud, and enterprise systems. This hands-on leader fosters strategy, detections, incident response, and SOC improvements in a fast-paced hybrid setting.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional projects, and ensure rapid containment during incidents while championing secure design. Requires 10+ years security and 3+ in management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressive security roles, incl. 3+ as a manager.
• Strong technical foundation in threat detection and incident response.
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Ability to write quality code in Python and C++.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, development, and implementation of detections across Cloud, Onboard, and Enterprise.
• Lead threat hunting and integrate threat intelligence into detection strategy.
• Collaborate with Incident Response and Security Operations during investigations; participate in on-call rotation.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cybersecurity engineers; drive planning and reporting.
• Ensure alignment with MITRE ATT&CK and NIST CSF; drive cross-functional improvements.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Forensic analysis

Security strategy

Python

C++

Cloud security

MITRE ATT&CK

NIST CSF

Leadership

Tools

SIEM

EDR

NDR

Terraform

Git

CAN-IDS

Job description

Aurora in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Manager of Detection & Response to lead a growing team protecting vehicles, cloud, and enterprise systems. This hands-on leader fosters strategy, detections, incident response, and SOC improvements in a fast-paced hybrid setting.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional projects, and ensure rapid containment during incidents while championing secure design. Requires 10+ years security and 3+ in management.