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Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response
Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response-March 2024
San Francisco
Mar 28, 2026
About Staff Security Engineer - Detection and Response

  Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

  We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

  As a Staff Security Engineer on our Detection and Response team, you will help detect and respond to threats for one of the biggest online platforms in the world that handles massive amounts of traffic at very low latency.

  We are looking for a teammate with expertise in both security engineering and operations and that values the complement between the two. You will have the opportunity to build and integrate tooling and detections, as well as investigate threats and lead incidents. As part of the larger Security organization, we make risk-informed decisions and prioritize automations to help us scale. As the lead engineer on our team, you will design, build, and mature our detection and response program, enabling rapid detection and effective response to threats against Fastly. You will lead large, complex, cross-team projects and mentor other security engineers on our growing team.

  What You'll Do:

  Lead the design and implementation of a robust Detection Engineering program

  Develop detections and other analytics to identify threats across cloud, corporate, and edge environments

  Partner closely with Engineering, Security Architecture, Risk Management, Compliance, and other teams to prioritize detections and delivery of other security initiatives

  Triage and investigate security threats and lead security incidents

  Research, evaluate, implement, and maintain a variety of custom and commercial security tools, such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), anti-phishing, and Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM)

  Develop strategies, frameworks, designs, automations, metrics, and processes to support the maturity of the Detection and Response program

  Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and other detection and response documentation

  Conduct threat hunts to discover unknown malicious activity across our environment

  Participate in our on-call rotations

  Mentor other team members and contribute to larger Security initiatives

  What We're Looking For:

  At Fastly we value a diversity of voices. The following is not a laundry list, but to be effective in this role you should possess most of the following and an interest in learning more about the rest:

  Expertise in utilizing Splunk to include investigating threats, developing metrics and dashboards, normalizing data feeds, and integrating with other tools

  Strong understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and investigating advanced threats

  Experience in implementing “Detection as Code”

  Experience in securing, developing detections, and responding to incidents in one major public cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  Experience in effectively leading large and complex security incidents from detection to remediation

  Familiarity with modern security frameworks and best practices, such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework and NIST CSF

  Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Go, or Rust

  Experience with Linux administration at scale, associated intrusion/manipulation techniques, and standard methodologies for system hardening and process isolation

  We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

  Built a Detection Engineering pipeline

  Built and led threat hunts

  Published research on detection engineering or threat intelligence

  Developed automations to improve security operations

  Familiarity with content delivery networks (CDN), edge cloud platforms, or other Fastly products and services

  Work Hours:

  This position will require you to be available during core business hours.Work Locations & Travel Requirements:

  This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

  San Francisco, CA

  Los Angeles, CA

  Denver, CO

  New York City, NY

  Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

  Salary:

  The estimated salary range for this position is $167,790 to $209,740.

  Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

  This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

  Benefits:

  We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

  We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a non-accrual vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

  Why Fastly?

  We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers (https://www.fastly.com/customers) have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives (https://www.fastly.com/open-source/) . Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

  We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.

  We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

  We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

  We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

  Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

  Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [email protected] or 501-287-4901.

  Fastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy (https://www.fastly.com/privacy) . Please see our privacy notice for job applicants (https://www.fastly.com/privacy-job-applicants) .

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