Detection Engineering & Response Lead
Nebius — Remote · Senior
Role description
Role Overview
We're hiring a Detection Engineering & Response Lead to build and run our D&R capability from the ground up. You'll own the detection engineering, threat intelligence, and incident response functions across Nebius Cloud - and lead a small, growing team of analysts and engineers.
What You Will Do
Lead detection development, architect and operate detection coverage, build and extend internal D&R tools and pipelines, integrate threat intelligence, lead incident response, partner with Compliance and Engineering teams, define and report on D&R metrics, build and maintain Security Incident Response program.
Why It Might Be a Fit
6+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response — with at least 1–2 years leading or mentoring a team, deep hands-on experience with cloud-native environments, strong detection engineering skills, experience building or operating SOAR workflows and automating response at scale.
Requirements
- 6+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response
- 1–2 years leading or mentoring a team
- Deep hands-on experience with cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, Linux workloads, container-based infrastructure)
- Strong detection engineering skills: writing and tuning rules/detections in SIEM platforms (e.g., Chronicle, Splunk, Elastic) and SQL
- Experience building or operating SOAR workflows and automating response at scale (ideally with Golang and Temporal)
- Working knowledge of threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Pyramid of Pain, Kill Chain) and how to operationalize them in detections
- Solid IR fundamentals: memory forensics, log analysis, network traffic analysis, and post-incident reporting
- Stakeholder management: able to coordinate across engineers, compliance, legal, executives during active incident phase
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams