# Detection & Response Engineer

**Company**: xAI
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $200,000 - $340,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Detection & Response Engineer to join our security team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents across our cloud-native and AI-focused infrastructure.

### Responsibilities

- Monitor and analyse security alerts and logs to identify potential threats and anomalies

- Develop, implement, and maintain detection rules and correlation logic in our SIEM platform

- Conduct thorough investigations of security incidents, performing root cause analysis and impact assessments

- Lead incident response efforts, coordinating with relevant teams to contain and mitigate threats

- Create and maintain incident response playbooks and runbooks

- Perform regular threat hunting activities to proactively identify potential security risks

- Develop and refine metrics and reporting to track the effectiveness of detection and response capabilities

- Collaborate with other security teams to improve overall security posture and incident handling processes

- Stay current with emerging threats, attack techniques, and defensive strategies in the cloud-native and AI domains

### Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field

- 3-5 years of experience in security operations, incident response, or a similar role

- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, attack techniques, and defensive strategies

- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Rust) for automation and tool development

- Experience with SIEM platforms and log analysis tools

- Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and their security features

- Knowledge of network protocols, system administration, and common attack vectors

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively under pressure

### Preferred Skills and Experience

- Relevant security certifications (e.g., GCIH, GCIA, SANS)

- Experience with threat intelligence platforms and their integration into detection processes

- Familiarity with AI/ML security implications, particularly those outlined in the OWASP LLM Top 10

- Knowledge of software supply chain security and SBOM analysis

- Experience with containerized environments and Kubernetes security

- Experience in building custom security tools or integrations to enhance detection and response capabilities

- Interest in leveraging AI to improve threat detection and automate response processes

- Contributions to open-source security projects or threat research

- Experience with digital forensics and malware analysis

### Compensation and Benefits

$200,000 - $340,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

## Skills

### Required
- cybersecurity principles
- attack techniques
- defensive strategies
- scripting language
- SIEM platforms
- log analysis tools
- cloud environments
- network protocols
- system administration
- common attack vectors

### Nice to have
- relevant security certifications
- threat intelligence platforms
- AI/ML security implications
- software supply chain security
- containerized environments
- Kubernetes security
- custom security tools
- digital forensics
- malware analysis