Staff Security Engineer, Cloud Detection & Response

About Aurora

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self‑driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, bringing a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

Role Overview

We are searching for a Staff Cybersecurity Engineer to help mature Cloud & Enterprise Detection within our Detection & Response (D&R) team, under the Technical Assurance division. This senior individual‑contributor role focuses on driving cross‑functional projects that strengthen Aurora's detection infrastructure and expand detection coverage across our cloud infrastructure and enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross‑functional projects to mature Aurora's detection infrastructure, log ingestion and normalization, detection‑as‑code pipelines with testing, versioning, and CI/CD for detection content, and scalable, cost‑aware telemetry collection.
• Expand detection coverage across cloud and corporate environments and prioritize coverage improvements.
• Design, build, and tune detections for cloud control plane and workload activity, identity‑based attacks, endpoint, SaaS threats, abuse of CI/CD and service‑to‑service communication paths.
• Partner with Cloud Infrastructure, IT, and Platform Engineering to embed logging and detection requirements into system design, and represent D&R in cross‑functional working groups and design reviews.
• Integrate threat intelligence and adversary emulation into detection coverage priorities, and conduct proactive threat hunting across cloud, identity, endpoint, and SaaS data.
• Respond to cloud and enterprise security incidents and participate in an on‑call rotation, feeding lessons learned back into detection coverage and infrastructure improvements.
• Collaborate with and mentor SOC engineers on cloud and enterprise detection practices, and contribute to quarterly planning for detection infrastructure and coverage initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of security experience; demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional security projects or programs from scoping through delivery.
• Strong technical foundation in threat detection and incident response.
• Expertise with cloud security across one or more major providers, including cloud‑native telemetry and detection sources.
• Experience building or maturing detection infrastructure – SIEM or security data lake pipelines, log onboarding and normalization, detection‑as‑code workflows.
• Expertise with endpoint detection and response (EDR) and SaaS security monitoring, or comparable host and application telemetry depth.
• Expertise authoring and maintaining detections (anomalous, network, host, identity, or cloud activity) and measuring detection coverage against adversary behavior.
• Experience with incident management, driving cross‑departmental collaboration for containment and remediation.
• Expertise with MITRE ATT&CK framework and modern adversarial techniques; understanding of NIST CSF.
• Ability to write quality, testable code in Python.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing Zero Trust Architecture.
• Experience scaling SOC, Detection Engineering with AI/LLM.
• Experience building and architecting data lakes.
• Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Compensation

For roles based in San Francisco, CA; Mountain View, CA; and Seattle, WA, the salary range is $189,000 – $303,000 per year. For roles based in Pittsburgh, PA, the salary range is $171,000 – $273,000 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. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

Work Environment

Aurora operates in a hybrid work environment where employees are in the office at least three days per week, fostering collaboration, empathy, and effective leadership.

Safety Commitment

Safety is at the core of everything we do. Every employee is expected to adhere to Aurora’s safety policies, contribute to a culture of trust, and prioritize safe work practices at all times.

Inclusion Commitment

Aurora considers candidates without regard to protected characteristics and welcomes applicants with criminal histories where permitted by law. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans throughout the application process. For assistance or accommodation requests, contact careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.