Security Engineer

*No 3rd Party / No C2C — direct applicants only. Agency and vendor inquiries will not be considered.

Security Engineer (AppSec / Detection) – Remote

Locations: CA, IL, NY, FL, TN, TX, GA residents only

Salary: $140K–$160K + full benefits

We’re hiring a hands-on Security Engineer to strengthen detection, response, and application security in a cloud-first (AWS) environment.

Responsibilities:

• Build and tune SIEM detections (Microsoft Sentinel / KQL)
• Lead incident response, threat hunting, and investigations
• Partner with engineering on secure application design (APIs, auth, threat modeling)
• Improve visibility across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud systems
• Drive vulnerability triage, remediation, and security automation

Skills Needed:

• 5+ years in Security Engineering or Security Operations
• Hands-on experience with SIEM (Sentinel preferred), log analysis, and detection engineering
• Strong background in incident response and threat analysis
• Experience with AWS/cloud environments
• Familiarity with endpoint security, identity (AD/Azure AD), and enterprise tooling