Senior Engineering Manager, Security - Detection and Response

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

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About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead and grow our Detection and Response team. Our mission is to protect Confluent products, cloud infrastructure, endpoints and employees from security threats. We are a team of engineers combining security experience and software development skills to build mature and durable data pipelines and detection platforms utilizing modern principles such as detections-as-code.

In this role you’ll be responsible for managing and expanding the team, setting a vision and technical strategy. The ideal candidate has deep security knowledge and experience in a similar role in the domains of cloud-native Detection Engineering and Incident Response. You will work with key partners in our cloud infrastructure and reliability engineering teams, and establish partnerships and collaborative relationships with engineering groups building out products in the cloud. 

What You Will Do:

• Lead and develop the Detection and Response team, and advance the maturity of our capabilities to ensure effective security operations
• Help solve detection engineering problems in a multi-cloud, multi-region, and multi-account environment leveraged by many engineering teams
• Identify ways to improve the Detection and Response tooling ecosystem, and own key vendor relationships ensuring capabilities can scale with our growth
• Stay up to date on the evolving threat landscape and adversarial techniques, and prioritize engineering plans to effectively protect Confluent’s assets
• Improve Incident Response (IR) methodologies to ensure rapid and effective mitigations and remediations of security incidents
• Identify key security threats and develop strategies to address telemetry and response gaps by leveraging cloud-native services and detections-as-code
• Cultivate and grow a high performing team of engaged engineers who will continue to evolve and address the security needs of the company

What You Will Bring:

• 3+ years of Management experience, and 10+ years of Security experience (preferably focused in detection engineering and incident response)
• Strong security fundamentals background, especially knowledge of common and emerging threats against cloud infrastructure, identities, and endpoints
• Proven experience in maturing detection capabilities in a cloud-first environment, leveraging best practices for scalability and performance 
• Proven experience in maturing operational security practices, especially incident response and acting as incident commander
• Decision maker with a data-driven mindset and the ability to operate with freedom and autonomy
• The knowledge, experience and perspective necessary to own outcomes,  influence stakeholders, and provide effective leadership when it comes to keeping our customers and our product safe
• Ability to own and oversee numerous initiatives, while working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, and adjust priorities upon evolving business needs
• Experience in hiring, mentoring, and developing remote teams of high-performing engineers 

Come As You Are

At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of 248,850 - 267,390 USD, an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE.

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