Huntress

Senior Manager, Detection Engineering and Purple Team

Huntress

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $195,000 - $235,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cyber Security

About the role

  • Manage and grow a high-performing, distributed team of detection engineers; responsible for career development and coaching
  • Lead development and execution of the overarching strategy for threat detection content across the Huntress platform
  • Design, build, and lead the purple team program; orchestrate exercises to test and validate detection and response capabilities
  • Guide strategy for enhancing and scaling detection-as-code pipeline; ensure robust processes for creating, testing, and deploying detections
  • Serve as strategic liaison between Threat Hunting, Malware Analysis, Product Engineering, and Product Marketing
  • Establish and own KPIs for detection efficacy (MITRE ATT&CK coverage, false positive/negative rates, detection latency)
  • Act as key leader and strategist during high-impact security incidents or mass exploitation events

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity (e.g., detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response) with at least 3 years in a formal management role, directly leading a team of senior technical security practitioners
  • Deep understanding of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, the Sigma detection format, and modern detection engineering principles
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to engineers, executives, and customers via blogs and webinars
  • Proven ability to lead teams through high-pressure situations
  • Experience building programs, scaling teams, and creating processes