Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Detection Engineering

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Information Technology

Job Profile

Sr Manager, Cybersecurity

Management Level

Sr Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $178,200.00 - $297,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Detection Engineering will lead a team of Detection Engineers in designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced detection capabilities to safeguard the organization against emerging cyber threats. This pivotal role will enhance Cox Automotive’s next-generation Cyber Defense practice, enabling rapid threat response and automated remediation. The position will be responsible for developing the strategy for the Detection Engineering program and establishing metrics to demonstrate continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will possess expert-level knowledge in SIEM implementation and log ingestion, SOAR, Incident Response, and Threat Intelligence that will be data-driven with strong verbal, written communication, and leadership skills.

What You'll Do:

Cybersecurity Detection Engineering:

• Define detection engineering strategy, roadmap, and objectives to achieve.
• Design and implement advanced threat detection techniques using tools such as SIEM, EDR, NDR, and SOAR platforms.
• Develop innovative custom detection rules and automated remediation, playbooks, and alerts tailored to the organization’s threat landscape for enterprise and customer security.
• Leverage industry standard MITRE frameworks to identify detection coverage and close gaps.
• Monitor, optimize, and continuously improve detection systems for performance, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Collaborates with Threat Detection and Response team to continuously improve cybersecurity capabilities in identification, management, and response to threats in the most efficient and effective manner.
• Performs attack simulation testing to validate efficacy of use cases and purple teaming exercises collaborating with the Vulnerability Mgmt team.
• Manages and maintains SIEM/Data Lake data management and log ingestion infrastructure in collaboration with Cyber Defense Engineering.
• Evaluate, validate, tune, and sunset where necessary detection capabilities
• Maintains operational guidelines, diagrams, and documentation for security detection and response.

Incident Response Support:

• Collaborate with the incident response team to ensure rapid detection and containment of cyber threats.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to develop detection use cases during high-severity security incidents.
• Continuously improve detection and response processes based on lessons learned from incidents.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed to address new security threats facing the enterprise.
• Provides off hour support as needed for security administration, detection, and response activities.

Threat Intelligence Integration:

• Leverage threat intelligence to enhance detection capabilities and proactively mitigate risks.
• Identify and analyze new and emerging threat vectors and incorporate them into detection strategies.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Partner with other Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Product teams to align detection strategies with organizational objectives.
• Communicate detection capabilities and findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.

Governance and Compliance:

• Ensure all detection processes and tools adhere to regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS, NIST).
• Establish and maintain documentation of detection strategies, processes, and configurations.

Ability to:

• Proven track record of building scalable organizations that have world class threat detection capabilities.
• Technical proficiency performing security investigations at scale; including endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and email threats.
• Work with internal IT teams and external MSSPs for creation and operationalization of Detection Engineering use cases for WAF, DDoS Protection, Email systems, DLP, AV, a