Hiring: Security Engineer, Detection & Response Company: Assort Health Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:37:27 Target Skills & Keywords : SIEM, SOC 2, SaaS About the job Experience: •2 to 4 years of relevant experience. •4 years of relevant experience. Required Skills: •Architect and deliver and operate the company's detection and response capabilities, including continuous monitoring, triage, investigation, containment, and remediation of security events across a diverse set of networks and infrastructure. •Support operational rigor and incident readiness by helping build and maintain incident playbooks, on-call and escalation paths, tabletop exercises, and continuous improvement of response quality and speed. •Improve detection quality and coverage by partnering with engineering teams to help ensure critical telemetry is available, reliable, and actionable across cloud, corporate, and production environments. •Partner with Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure to help embed detection and response into the company's systems by design rather than as an afterthought. •Partner cross-functionally with internal stakeholders across the organization to implement detection and response projects, improve coverage, and drive progress on high-priority initiatives. •Assist with security efforts related to SOC 2 and help translate immediate audit-driven needs into longer-term, sustainable detection and response practices. •Evaluate and help implement detection and response tooling, with the flexibility to explore a range of approaches, including modern platforms, open-source options, and AI-enabled tools where appropriate. •Take ownership of hands-on technical work, scripting, and automation tasks that help the team move quickly and reduce manual effort. Qualifications: •A high degree of ownership, autonomy, and initiative, with the ability to make progress in environments that are still being built. Compensation: •$160,000 - $185,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!