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Senior Detection and Response Engineer

Cerebras· IT & Security
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Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Detection and Response Engineer to build and evolve the capabilities that power Cerebras' detection and response program, including developing reliable detections, leading complex investigations, and building automation to speed up security operations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and optimization of detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents.
  • Lead investigations and coordinated response for complex security events, including on-call responsibilities.
  • Own key areas of the detection and response program and provide technical leadership to broader team initiatives.
  • Build automation and integrations that reduce toil and make investigation and response faster and more consistent.
  • Build and maintain detection and response capabilities as code, setting standards for testing, deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
  • Translate incident findings and attacker behavior into durable improvements, including the thoughtful application of AI-driven approaches.
  • Maintain clear runbooks and technical documentation, and mentor other engineers in effective detection and response practices.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or security engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex technical initiatives.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and query languages such as SQL, with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
  • Deep practical knowledge of detection and response across cloud, identity, and endpoint environments.
  • Experience leading complex investigations and translating attacker behavior into durable detection and response improvements.
  • Experience building and operating production security tooling and automation, with strong fundamentals in reliability and data quality.
  • Strong fundamentals in operating systems, networking, log analysis, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
  • Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to set technical direction, create clear documentation, and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Required:PythonSQLDetection engineeringCloud securityEndpoint securityInvestigation and incident responseSecurity tooling and automation
Nice to have:Documentation and mentoring

Benefits

  • Find out more about what it's like to work at Cerebras here! (link provided in description)
Last updated Sep 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Cerebras

Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.

Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training.

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