Senior Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech and @aurora_inno on Twitter.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Senior Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response

In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of Aurora's Detection and Response strategy across Aurora's enterprise, cloud, and vehicle environments. This role will be primarily focused on researching threats, evolving detection capabilities, and improving response processes and techniques. You'll partner with Aurora's engineering and operations teams.

Job level is negotiable based on experience.   Location - Mountain View, CA is preferred.

Responsibilities 

• Lead security investigations and incident retrospectives
• Develop and implement Aurora's Detection and Response strategy
• Drive continuous improvement of the detection framework, playbooks, and workflow automation
• Contribute to the design and development of engineering solution that support enterprise wide security initiatives
• Keep the InfoSec team apprised of modern attack techniques and continually integrate knowledge into new or existing detections
• Act as an internal subject matter expert and mentor other members of the security team
• Participate in an on-call rotation

Required Skills

• Ability to to seek out and implement new, strategic securities initiatives
• Experience leading and managing cross-functional projects
• Experience applying detection and response concepts to on-premise and cloud environments, specifically AWS
• Experience securing operating systems (Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, IOS)
• Experience crafting logic to detect anomalous use, network, host, or cloud activity
• Experience transforming and parsing critical fields from a variety of logging sources
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud security, or cloud networking
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and associated threat actor techniques
• Experience with big data tools and methodologies (e.g. SQL and data warehouse technology)
• Ability to write quality, robust, testable code in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Go, C, C++)

Desired Skills

• Experience designing and implementing data lakes for security
• Experience designing and implementing solutions for a Zero Trust Architecture
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, and associated technologies (e.g. Git, Terraform, Puppet)
• Experience working with auditd, sysmon, kprobe, ebpf, or similar low level data collection frameworks

The base salary range for this position is $254k-$407K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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Working at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.

We have offices in several locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration. Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional healthcare suppor