Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering)
ConfluentData Streaming company
United StatesManager
Benchmark
Index Ventures
Sequoia Capital
Coatue
Altimeter Capital
Franklin Templeton Investments
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead Detection & Response engineering for multi-cloud security threats.
- •We are seeking an experienced engineering leader to head our Detection & Response organization within Infrastructure Security.
- •In this role, you will define the strategic vision, technical roadmap, and operational execution for how Confluent detects, investigates, and responds to security threats across our multi-cloud environments.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the strategic vision and roadmap execution for Confluent's Detection & Response program.
- •Build, scale, and mentor a distributed, global team.
- •Drive the evolution of detection engineering and incident response capabilities.
- •Oversee security incident response operations.
- •Establish or improve operational metrics to continuously evaluate and improve program maturity.
- •Requirements 12+ years of experience in software development, security engineering, or security operations, with 5+ years in direct engineering or security management.
- •Proven track record of building, coaching, and scaling engineering teams across multiple time zones.
- •Deep technical domain expertise across detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence.
- •Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-severity security incidents.
- •Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzurePythonBash
Domain expertise
cybersecuritydeveloper-tools
Tech stack
PythonBashKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureGit
