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Senior Information Security Engineer (Detection, Automation & AI)

Zoox Indexed employerFoster City, CA
Source-hosted applyChecked 2h ago$190K–$228K/yrFull-Time
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Workplace

hybrid

Employment

Full-Time

Published

Aug 4, 2026

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The role

Senior Information Security Engineer (Detection, Automation & AI)

Requirements

In This Role, You Will...: Detection Engineering & SIEM Operations Design, build, test, and maintain high-fidelity detection logic within our SIEM platform. Map detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework to ensure comprehensive visibility across threat vectors. Continuously tune alerts to minimize false positives and reduce alert fatigue for the operations team. Automation & Tooling (SOAR & APIs) Architect and implement automated playbooks within our SOAR platform to drive down Mean Time to Respond (MTTR). Develop custom Python scripts, tools, and integrations leveraging REST APIs to connect disparate security tools and data sources. Treat infrastructure and configuration as code, ensuring automated deployments and consistency. Next-Gen Triage & AI Integration Design and implement workflows that leverage LLMs (Large Language Models) to automatically analyze, summarize, and add context to incoming security alerts. Build prompt engineering pipelines or agentic workflows that assist analysts during active investigations, drastically cutting down initial triage time. Incident Response & Cloud Infrastructure Act as a senior escalation point for security incidents, guiding the team through containment, eradication, and recovery according to established Incident Response procedures. Monitor and secure workloads across AWS and on-premise environments with various operating systems. Conduct post-incident reviews to identify root causes and build automated preventions/detections to ensure the same incident doesn't happen twice. Qualifications: 8+ years of dedicated experience in Information Security, Security Operations, or DevSecOps engineering roles. Deep, hands-on experience with either Splunk (SPL, Enterprise Security) or ElasticSIEM (ES|QL, KQL, Kibana) for log analysis and detection creation. Strong proficiency in Python and a proven track record of building security tools, scripts, and automation pipelines via APIs. Proven experience designing and maintaining automated p