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Confluent
Senior Manager of Detection & Response (Security Engineering)
Skills
CybersecurityCompliance
3 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$241,700 – $319,000 / year
Location:
United States
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
7 August 2026
What they need
- 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 (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- You will lead and grow a distributed team of high-performing engineers across North America and India
- Our team applies modern engineering principles to security—leveraging scalable Kubernetes pipelines, custom ETL jobs, AI-assisted triage workflows, and Confluent’s own data-streaming platform (Kafka) as our central transport
- Own the strategic vision and roadmap execution for Confluent’s Detection & Response program across our multi-cloud infrastructure
- Build, scale, and mentor a distributed, global team across North America and India
- Drive the evolution of detection engineering and incident response capabilities by utilizing modern software practices with an emphasis on large scale automation
- Oversee security incident response operations, serving as an escalation point/Incident Commander during high-severity security events and driving post-incident reviews
- Establish or improve operational metrics to continuously evaluate and improve program maturity
- Partner closely with Engineering, and stakeholders across Legal and Compliance teams, to integrate detection telemetry and proactive response across the company
- Champion an engineering-centric security culture focused on automation, noise reduction, and continuous improvement to minimize operational toil for responders- If you are passionate about building real-time, high-throughput security automation and fostering an engineering-first incident response culture, this role is for you
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to translate complex security risks into clear strategic priorities for engineering leadership
- Ready to build what’s next? Let’s get in motion
- Deep technical domain expertise across detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence. Experience building or operating scalable data/event pipelines, modern telemetry stacks, or stream-processing architectures
- Proven track record of building, coaching, and scaling engineering teams across multiple time zones
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-severity security incidents with composure, clarity, and cross-functional leadership
- 12+ years of experience in software development, security engineering, or security operations, with 5+ years in direct engineering or security management
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