Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response (SOC)

PrizePicks; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with match

Annual bonus

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Team events

Equipment provided

Career development

Job summary

PrizePicks is seeking an experienced SOC engineer to own detection, monitoring, and IR playbooks. You will lead threat hunting, enhance forensics, and drive automation across cloud and on‑prem environments.

This hands-on role requires strong scripting, MITRE ATT&CK knowledge, and clear written documentation. The position offers a competitive salary in the $160k–$175k range with benefits, and allows remote work within the U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a SOC, IR, or detection engineering role.
• Hands-on with SIEM log ingestion and tuning.
• Experience with cloud forensics & evidence handling.

Responsibilities

• Own detection and monitoring of SIEM alerts.
• Design and improve incident response playbooks.
• Lead threat hunting efforts.
• Strengthen digital forensics capabilities.
• Drive automation for triage and response.
• Coordinate incident response across partners.
• Document incidents and root causes.
• Lead post-incident reviews with actionable items.
• Shape IR metrics and escalation paths.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Detection engineering

Python scripting

Cloud proficiency

MITRE ATT&CK

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

GCIH/GCFA/GCIA/OSCP or equivalent

Tools

SIEM tools

SOAR platform

Forensics tooling

Job description

At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together? We're maturing Information Security's detection, incident response, and forensics capabilities, and we're looking for a seasoned SOC engineer to help lead that effort alongside the existing team. This is a hands-on role spanning monitoring, triage, response, and forensics, with real ownership over how the program evolves from here.

What you'll do:

• Own Detection & Monitoring: Own how we monitor and triage events and alerts ingested into the SIEM, working with the team to tune detection content, reduce false positives, and close coverage gaps.
• Build the Playbooks: Lead the design and continuous improvement of incident response playbooks, so response is consistent and repeatable across the team, even when you're not the one running it.
• Threat Hunt: Lead our threat hunting practice, proactively hunting for malicious or anomalous activity that alerting and automated detection don't catch.
• Mature Forensics Capability: Strengthen our digital forensics capability, including the processes and tooling that support investigations and evidence handling.
• Automate the Response: Drive automation for alerting, enrichment, and triage across the team's workflows to cut manual toil and reduce time to respond.
• Respond to Incidents: React to and lead response on incidents as they fire, coordinating across business partners as needed.
• Document and Learn: Document incidents, root cause, and remediation with clarity and rigor.
• Own Post-Incident Reviews: Build a structured, blameless post-incident review process, with real root-cause analysis, action items tracked to closure, and follow-through that goes beyond a debrief call.
• Mature the Program: Shape how the program measures itself and scales, evolving IR metrics, escalation paths, and priorities over time.

What you'll have:

• Experience building or significantly maturing a SOC/IR function, as opposed to operating one that's already fully staffed. You've helped take a program from early-stage to production-ready.
• 5+ years in a SOC, incident response, or detection engineering role, with demonstrated ownership of an IR or monitoring program, outside of queue work.
• Strong grasp of the full incident response lifecycle: preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.
• Hands-on SIEM experience: log ingestion, correlation rules, detection tuning. Specific platform is flexible.
• Experience with forensic analysis and evidence handling across host and cloud environments.
• Comfort building automation/scripting for triage and response (Python or similar).
• Working knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and common attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK).
• Ability to define risk in both technical and business-relevant terms.
• Clear written communication: this role produces the playbooks and incident documentation the rest of the team relies on.

Technical must haves:

• SIEM tooling: log correlation, alert tuning, content development (platform-agnostic).
• Digital forensics fundamentals: host, network, and/or cloud evidence collection and analysis.
• Scripting/automation ability (Python or similar) for triage and response workflows.
• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and common threat actor TTPs.

What makes you stand out:

• Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, OSCP, or equivalent).
• SOAR platform experience.
• Prior experience in fintech, gaming, or another high-fraud-risk industry.
• Experience running detection and IR in a distributed/remote workforce, leaning on endpoint and identity signals rather than a centralized network perimeter.

Where you’ll live:

• While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates.

Working at PrizePicks:

The typical salary range for this position is $160,000 to $175,000. At PrizePicks, we consider your role, level, and where you'll be working when determining our salary ranges. The compensation info you see on our job postings gives you an idea of the starting pay range for the position. Your actual pay within that range will depend on your specific work location, as well as your skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter will be happy to chat more about the specific pay range for your location and how we arrived at it during the hiring process.

This application period will remain open for 30 days. We’re committed to finding the best candidate, so this date may be adjusted, and any changes will be reflected in this posting.

Date Posted: 10/28/2026

Benefits you’ll receive:

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development

You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

PrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.