Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response
Ridgeline - Reno, NV
Hiring: Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response Company: Ridgeline Location: Reno, NV Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:30:51 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, CI/CD, CloudWatch, Dart, ECS, EKS, IAM, Kotlin, LLM, Lambda, Python, SIEM, Terraform, TypeScript, VPC, Workday About the job Experience: •8+ years working in detection, security operations, incident response, or software engineering, with a proven track record of leading cross-functional technical initiatives. Required Skills: •The Impact You Will Have •Shape the DART roadmap based on business priorities and threat models, proactively identifying detection requirements during the design phase of new features and infrastructure. •Eliminate detection gaps by performing variant analysis to close entire classes of vulnerabilities rather than addressing individual findings. •Architect AI-powered detection and triage pipelines that maintain accuracy and reduce manual effort, minimizing false positives so every alert warrants a response. •Collaborate as a key architect for our SIEM, SOAR, and adjacent security platforms, designing scalable, resilient ingestion, enrichment, and alerting frameworks. •Own the technical architecture and maturity of our incident response program, guiding the response to complex high-impact events, interfacing with leadership during major incidents, and driving findings to systemic remediation. •Set the technical direction for DART-owned codebases and infrastructure, making sound architectural tradeoffs that balance speed, correctness, and maintainability. •Establish team standards for the effective and responsible use of AI in detection and response workflows, including appropriate human-in-the-loop guardrails. Qualifications: •History leading complex, high-impact incidents as a technical lead or incident commander. •Hands-on design of AI agents or LLM-based automation in a security operations context. •Contributions to open source detection/security tooling or published security research. Compensation: •$205,000 - $256,000 / 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!