40 threat detection engineer jobs at 34 companies in California
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Engineer II, Threat Detection - Windows (Hybrid)
Sunnyvale or New York City or Austin or Redmond
$100k-$145k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOEAbility to analyze malware and intrusion telemetry, author behavioral detections for Windows endpoints, use Python/PowerShell for automation, and collaborate with threat intelligence; U.S. citizenship or green card required for CJIS eligibility.
PowerShell, Python, EDR, Regular expressions, MITRE ATT&CK
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Threat Detection Engineer – Security Operations
Mountain View, California, United States
$113k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOE2+ years security engineering/ops experience; proficiency with Splunk/Elastic/Chronicle/Logstash, Python and SQL, YARA-L/Sigma detection formats, LLM APIs/AI literacy, cloud-scale log management, MITRE ATT&CK, and IaC (Terraform/Git).
Splunk, Elastic Stack, Logstash, Google Chronicle (SecOps), Python, SQL, YARA-L, Sigma, Kusto, Lucene, LLM APIs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Snowflake, Terraform, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, LangChain, LlamaIndex, SOAR, SIEM
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Senior Detection Engineer
New York City or San Francisco or Austin or Seattle
$176k-$218k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years detection engineering or threat hunting experience; hands-on SIEM/EDR (Splunk, Elastic, CrowdStrike); detection logic mapped to MITRE ATT&CK; Python/SQL scripting; strong writing and incident response skills.
Splunk, Elastic, CrowdStrike, Python, SQL, MITRE ATT&CK, Sigma
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Network Threat Detection R&D Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$144k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor's and 12+ years, master's and 10+ years, or PhD and 7+ years; network security and IDS signature experience; Python, Docker, Kubernetes, AI systems, communication, and U.S. work authorization required.
Python, Docker, Kubernetes
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Threat Detection and Response Engineer
San Francisco or New York City or Los Angeles or Seattle or United Kingdom or Ireland or Poland or Germany or Australia
$175k-$260k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in cyber incident response or a related security field; bachelor's degree or equivalent; experience with SOAR, EDR, NDR, SIEM, AWS, and GCP; strong incident documentation and communication skills.
SOAR, Tines, EDR, NDR, SIEM, Chronicle, AWS, GCP
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Cybersecurity Threat Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOESenior cybersecurity professional with 6+ years experience in offensive and defensive security, vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, cloud and infrastructure security, scripting (PowerShell, Python, JavaScript), and integrating automation and SIEM/SOAR tooling.
PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO27001, Center for Internet Security, OWASP, CI/CD, Security Orchestration Automation and Response, Security Information and Event Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Security Threat Feeds, Red Team Tooling
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Member of Technical Staff, SecOps & Threat Detection Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$265k-$310k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years in security/SRE/infrastructure with security focus; experience building detection, SIEM, EDR (SentinelOne), cloud (AWS), scripting (Python/Go), and strong incident detection and response skills.
LenelS2, Brivo, Genetec, Honeywell, Cisco Meraki, Okta, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams, Slack, ServiceNow, DocuSign, Avigilon Alta, Descartes Visual Compliance, SentinelOne, SIEM, AWS, Python, Go
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Threat Intelligence Lead
Palo Alto, California, United States
$240k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOERequires 6+ years in threat intelligence, hunting, detection engineering, incident response, or security operations; cloud, SaaS, and endpoint hunting; MITRE ATT&CK; SIEM queries; Python; and intelligence-sharing tools.
Microsoft 365, Salesforce, MITRE ATT&CK, Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Jira, Python, STIX/TAXII, MISP, OpenCTI
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Security Analyst (Threat Detection)
Hawthorne, California, United States
$95k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEBachelor's in STEM or 2+ years info security experience; OS auditing and network/host collection experience; incident response, detection development, and familiarity with Elastic/Splunk/SIEM; scripting and forensics preferred.
Elastic, Splunk, SIEM
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Threat Intel Research Engineer
San Francisco or United States
$140k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years full-stack development (Python, Django/Flask, React/TypeScript), deep system knowledge (Windows/Mac/Linux), cybersecurity and detection engineering experience, familiarity with data pipelines, RESTful APIs, AWS, QE/test automation and CI/CD, strong communication.
Python, Django, Flask, React, TypeScript, Elasticsearch, Spark, AWS, CI/CD, RESTful APIs
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Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response
United States or San Francisco or California or Washington or Colorado or New York City or Illinois
$138k-$229k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOERequires 5–8 years in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting; programming proficiency; SIEM or detection pipeline experience; and hands-on security incident response.
Python, Go, Panther, Elastic, Splunk, CI/CD, MITRE ATT&CK, Kubernetes, Slack
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Threat Hunting Consultant
San Jose, California, United States
$110k-$150k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOERequires 5–7 years of cybersecurity experience, including 2+ years with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, and strong communication and training abilities.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft 365 Defender, Kusto Query Language (KQL), Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Processing Language (SPL), Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA), MITRE ATT&CK, Windows, Active Directory, Azure AD, Kerberos, NTLM, PowerShell, Python, NIST, SANS
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Senior Manager, Detection Response
San Francisco, California, United States
$270k-$290k/yr HybridFull Time
Requires experience building or scaling detection engineering or security operations programs, incident command, threat intelligence, detection strategy, security vendors, automation or AI/ML, and executive communication.
AI, AI/ML
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Senior Detection and Response Engineer
Torrance, California, United States
$120k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years SOC/IR experience, SIEM and forensics skills, Python/PowerShell for automation, endpoint and Linux forensics, ability to obtain TS/SCI, threat hunting and incident response for distributed satellite infrastructure.
Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle, Volatility, YARA, Python, PowerShell, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, MITRE ATT&CK, AWS, Azure, SOAR
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Security Engineer, Cyber Threat Intelligence
Austin or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4+ years in CTI/threat hunting/detection engineering, intelligence lifecycle fluency, software engineering for automation, MITREATT&CK/STIX/TAXII familiarity, ability to obtain U.S. security clearance.
MITRE ATT&CK, STIX, TAXII, Sigma, YARA, SIEM, MISP, LLMs
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Security Operations Analyst – Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
San Jose, California, United States
$112k-$236k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Experience in 24/7 security operations, SIEM/EDR proficiency, detection engineering and threat hunting, scripting for automation, and knowledge of attacker tactics and MITRE ATT&CK.
SIEM, Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic, EDR, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Sigma, EQL, KQL, YARA, SOAR, GitOps, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, MITRE ATT&CK, MaGMa
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Cybersecurity Senior Specialist - Threat Hunter
Rosemead, California, United States
$144k-$216k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years IT/cybersecurity experience, US citizenship required. Experience in threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, telemetry analysis, EDR/SIEM/NDR tools, scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, KQL, Splunk SPL, SQL), and relevant certifications.
PowerShell, Python, KQL, Splunk SPL, SQL, EDR/XDR, SIEM, NDR, Threat intelligence platforms, Security orchestration tools, MITRE ATT&CK
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Security Software Engineer II, Detection and Response
San Francisco or United States
$124k-$255k/yr RemoteFull Time
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; security engineering expertise in cloud environments, intrusion detection, incident response, SIEM queries, threat intelligence, scripting, networking, and AI-assisted workflows.
SIEM, EDR, Osquery, Python, Go, Ruby, AI
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Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response
Los Angeles or Palo Alto or Santa Monica
$178k-$313k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years security experience; BS in CS/Engineering; strong Python/Go; OS/cloud proficiency; incident response and threat hunting.
Python, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, macOS, Windows, Linux
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Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response
Los Angeles or Palo Alto or Santa Monica
$178k-$313k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years in security fields; strong Python/Go; cloud and OS internals knowledge; threat hunting and incident response.
Python, Go, macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud Platform
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