detection-engineering jobs in San Diego

Lead detection operations, incident response, and security operations maturation for a growing security team. Operate SIEM/XDR across endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and SaaS telemetry; conduct complex investigations; tune detections; and drive root-cause analysis and post-incident improvements.…See more Require 6+ years of hands-on security operations, detection engineering, or incident response experience with deep proficiency in SIEM/XDR query languages, EDR platforms, scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash), and MITRE ATT&CK framework application. Mentor analysts, define playbooks and runbooks, lead threat hunts, and own SecOps metrics and operational-readiness reporting.

This is a hands-on security engineering role focused on running Saronic's cyber threat intelligence program. The engineer will track nation-state and advanced criminal adversaries targeting the defense industrial base, operationalize indicators and TTPs into detections and hunts, produce finished intelligence products, and fuse external threat feeds with internal telemetry to prioritize real exposures.…See more The role requires 4+ years in cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, or intrusion analysis with demonstrable experience tracking sophisticated or state-sponsored adversaries.