Head of Security Research

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a high-impact security engineering and research team.

• Assemble a team of top-tier security engineers and exceptional domain specialists in Detection and Response, focusing on alert investigation, threat hunting, detection engineering, and threat intelligence.

• Function as both a contributor and a mentor, establishing strategic research and engineering goals while remaining actively engaged in technical tasks.

• Foster a culture centered around high-quality research, rapid iteration, and operator-first mindset.

• Enhance product effectiveness.

• Create and refine measurement and evaluation frameworks to ensure the analyses produced by our agents are of high quality and reflect expert human outputs.

• Manage the process of translating expert human insights and techniques into our agentic systems.

• Collaborate closely with the rest of the engineering team to consistently enhance the effectiveness of our agents in real-world applications.

• Innovate Detection and Response methodologies using agents.

• Prototype and evaluate new concepts where limitless analytical capacity can fundamentally transform cyber defense.

• Act as a pivotal voice in shaping Dropzone's product roadmap, grounded in real-world operational experience.

• Challenge assumptions regarding the application of AI in security operations.

• Contribute to defining what an "autonomous defense system" should resemble in practice and establish yourself as an industry thought leader in this area.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in detection and response, with a strong background in security engineering, threat hunting, SOC, or incident response.

• At least 3 years of experience managing a team of security engineers, threat hunters, SOC analysts, etc.

• Experience in building and operating SOC functions, detection programs, or security research teams.

• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing technical teams while remaining hands-on.

• Capable of mentoring across various domains (detections, intel, IR) without being confined to a single area.

• Possess a clear vision of what world-class standards entail in threat intelligence, hunting, detection engineering, SOC, and IR.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering and product teams.

• An early-stage startup mindset; you excel in ambiguity and execute with remarkable speed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company-paid health insurance.

• 401K Plan with employer matching.

• Self-managed PTO.

• Parental leave.

• Additional benefits.