Senior Detection Engineer

Position Overview

Crusoe’s mission is to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. Join us as part of the AI revolution at Crusoe, where you’ll drive meaningful innovation and make a tangible impact with sustainable technology. In this role, as a Senior Detection Engineer within the Security & Compliance team, you will play a critical part in safeguarding Crusoe, our customers, and ensuring our security posture stays robust against emerging threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive security operations strategy that aligns with organizational goals and defends against current and future cyber threats.
• Evaluate and implement emerging security technologies and methodologies to continuously enhance our operational efficiency.
• Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, SRE, IT, Legal) to adapt in a dynamic security landscape.
• Design, implement, and fine-tune advanced detection mechanisms to proactively identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Continuously tune alerting rules to reduce false positives and enhance our signal-to-noise ratio.
• Perform forensics and lead response efforts during security incidents, including triaging alerts and engaging with internal stakeholders for swift resolution.
• Drive the advancement and growth of detection and automation initiatives, managing security event monitoring and response workflows.
• Improve security operations by developing measurement capabilities and metrics to track performance, coverage, and risk.
• Author comprehensive runbooks, write automation scripts, and build SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) capabilities to reduce manual intervention.
• Create, maintain, and manage a library of automated playbooks to address new threats and evolving attacker tactics.
• Develop standard operating procedures and documentation to ensure quality and consistency in service delivery.
• Support ongoing security compliance, audit, and certification programs (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2).

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years in cybersecurity, with a focus on detection and response.
• Technical proficiency in protecting on-premise and major cloud computing environments.
• Strong expertise in incident handling and forensic investigation.
• Solid understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including threat categories, adversary motivations, and intent.
• Automation-first mindset with proven experience mentoring and training peers in security engineering.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, C, C++) or expertise with low-code automation tools or SOAR platforms.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills with the ability to engage partners and stakeholders at various levels.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, CloudFormation, and Terraform.
• Experience building and scaling open source security observability solutions.
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments.
• Self-motivated with strong communication and writing skills.
• Must be able to pass a background check and embody the Company values.

Benefits & Perks

• Hybrid work schedule
• Industry competitive pay
• Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
• Health insurance package options (HDHP, PPO), vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Teladoc
• Pet-friendly offices
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Subscription to the Calm app
• Company paid commuter benefit of $200 per month

Compensation

Compensation Range: $200k - $230k per year. Restricted Stock Units are also included in all offers. Final compensation will be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.