Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response (SOC)

The role

This person will lead the maturation of detection, incident response, and forensics capabilities. They will own monitoring, triage, response, and forensics through hands-on work and program evolution.

What you will do

• Own detection and monitoring by tuning SIEM content and reducing false positives
• Lead the design and improvement of incident response playbooks
• Lead the threat hunting practice
• Strengthen digital forensics capability and tooling
• Drive automation for alerting, enrichment, and triage
• Respond to and lead incidents
• Document incidents, root cause, and remediation
• Build a structured post-incident review process
• Shape program measurement, IR metrics, and escalation paths

Required qualifications

• Experience building or significantly maturing a SOC/IR function
• 5+ years in a SOC, incident response, or detection engineering role
• Demonstrated ownership of an IR or monitoring program
• Strong grasp of the full incident response lifecycle
• Hands-on SIEM experience including log ingestion, correlation rules, and detection tuning
• Experience with forensic analysis and evidence handling across host and cloud environments
• Comfort building automation/scripting for triage and response (Python or similar)
• Working knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Working knowledge of common attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK)
• Ability to define risk in technical and business-relevant terms
• Clear written communication

Nice to have

• Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, OSCP, or equivalent)
• SOAR platform experience
• Prior experience in fintech, gaming, or another high-fraud-risk industry
• Experience running detection and IR in a distributed/remote workforce

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual bonus
• Flexible PTO
• 16-week paid parental leave
• Disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews

Before you apply

• You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
• Unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa

About the company

PrizePicks is a leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports and the fastest-growing sports company in North America. The team consists of over 550 employees.