Security Engineer, Detection & Response

About the role

The Security Team is responsible for securing all things Sentry: our customers, our code, and everything in between. We are a small but growing team with broad scope, high trust, and the autonomy to tackle hard security problems with creativity and an engineering mindset. We work at a company with a strong developer culture, building a product that millions of developers genuinely love and rely on.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve, and own detection engineering systems
• Perform investigations, and contribute to security incident response
• Contribute to, maintain, and operate identity and access management systems
• Research, identify, and respond to emerging threats relevant to Sentry

Requirements

• 2+ years of industry experience in a detection and response, corporate security, or generalist security engineering role
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, equivalent training, or professional experience
• Hands-on experience with several of the following: alert triage, detection tuning and writing, detection-as-code, security log ingestion, investigations and security incident response, identity and access management (IAM), phishing response, user access reviews, managing endpoint detection and response tooling
• Experienced and comfortable programming in at least one language (Python preferred) and comfortable using agentic development workflows
• Familiarity with operating distributed cloud technology (AWS, CICD, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, etc.) and experience with corporate (SSO, SAML, IAM) and defensive security tooling (EDR, SIEM, CNAPP, ZTNA, etc.)
• A collaborative approach to problem solving paired with strong written and verbal communication

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with several of the following: alert triage, detection tuning and writing, detection-as-code, security log ingestion, investigations and security incident response, identity and access management (IAM), phishing response, user access reviews, managing endpoint detection and response tooling
• Experienced and comfortable programming in at least one language (Python preferred) and comfortable using agentic development workflows
• Familiarity with operating distributed cloud technology (AWS, CICD, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, etc.) and experience with corporate (SSO, SAML, IAM) and defensive security tooling (EDR, SIEM, CNAPP, ZTNA, etc.)
• A collaborative approach to problem solving paired with strong written and verbal communication

Pay

The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $155,000 to $400,000 USD. A successful candidate’s actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including, without limitation, the candidate’s work location, education, work and other relevant experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

Sentry offers a comprehensive benefits package including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage. For more details, see Sentry Benefits.

Equal Opportunity

Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristic. This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs, or (b) seek employment with Sentry. We strive to build a diverse team, with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive.