Senior Security Platform Engineer – Threat Hunting & SIEM

Aurora; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity compensation

Health benefits

Job summary

Aurora is seeking a Staff Security Platform Engineer in Mountain View, California to enhance its security platforms for autonomous trucking operations. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years in enterprise security roles, with expertise in multiple security tools and a focus on incident response.

This role emphasizes not just tool deployment but mastery of their operational health and effectiveness. Successful candidates will work on proactive threat hunting, continuously improving systems that protect enterprise-level operations.

Salary ranges from $189,000 to $274,000, with bonuses and benefits included.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise security operations or a senior SOC engineering role.
• Expertise in at least two enterprise security platforms with knowledge of others.
• Experience tuning security platforms and writing custom detection logic.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve Aurora's enterprise security platform stack.
• Develop detection rules and reduce false positives.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting using security telemetry.

Skills

Hands-on experience in enterprise security operations

Expert-level proficiency with security platforms

Strong log analysis and threat hunting skills

Incident investigation skills

Ability to assess security control effectiveness

Tools

CrowdStrike

Splunk

SentinelOne

Okta

Job description

Aurora is seeking a Staff Security Platform Engineer in Mountain View, California to enhance its security platforms for autonomous trucking operations. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years in enterprise security roles, with expertise in multiple security tools and a focus on incident response.

This role emphasizes not just tool deployment but mastery of their operational health and effectiveness. Successful candidates will work on proactive threat hunting, continuously improving systems that protect enterprise-level operations.

Salary ranges from $189,000 to $274,000, with bonuses and benefits included.