Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

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

📋 Description

• Develop, manage, and enhance SIEM/XDR capabilities, encompassing log ingestion, detection rules, alert optimization, and investigation workflows.

• Create detection strategies to identify suspicious activities and data exfiltration utilizing application and database telemetry.

• Broaden audit and attribution coverage across Kubernetes, databases, SSO, and access pathways.

• Investigate and address security incidents within cloud infrastructure and applications.

• Conduct root cause analyses and implement long-term remediation solutions.

• Execute proactive threat hunting across cloud and identity environments.

• Establish repeatable and effective threat-hunting workflows.

• Manage vulnerability assessments across infrastructure, platforms, and applications.

• Evaluate and validate external security findings, including bug bounty reports.

• Contribute to threat modeling and security design evaluations.

• Provide guidance on AWS and Kubernetes security remediation efforts.

• Support security controls that comply with PCI DSS, SOC 2, and other regulatory requirements.

• Develop automation, including AI, for security operations, detection, and response.

• Participate in the on-call rotation.

• Report to the Director of Information Security and collaborate with engineers in security platforms, networks, and zero-trust environments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in security, software development, or infrastructure engineering.

• Practical experience in securing cloud-based production environments.

• Familiarity with SIEM platforms such as Wazuh, Splunk, or ELK.

• Experience in designing and fine-tuning detection rules, minimizing alert noise, and enhancing investigation processes.

• Strong hands-on experience in vulnerability management, including scanning, triage, validation, remediation coordination, and verification.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS, Linux, and Kubernetes infrastructure.

• Capability to investigate issues through logs, cloud tools, and system-level data.

• Experience in evaluating detection and logging considerations during design reviews.

• Understanding of common security vulnerabilities and mitigation approaches, including OWASP and SANS frameworks.

• Working knowledge of PCI DSS and SOC 2 compliance frameworks.

• Demonstrated current utilization of AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or custom LLM integrations.

• Preferred qualifications include experience in AI-assisted workflow development, log-based detection, telemetry pipelines, penetration testing, cloud-native security controls, container/dependency security tools, regulatory compliance, and experience in fintech or payments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive gross salary ranging from $5,000 to $9,500 USD per month, depending on experience.

• AI-assisted engineering workflows.

• Opportunity to participate in a remote work arrangement.