Partner 34, Lead Engineer, Incident Response

📋 Description

• Set the detection and response roadmap, prioritizing the threats that matter most to the firm and
• Lead and develop engineers through coaching, feedback, performance management, and technical
• Develop the team's ability to respond from triage through containment, eradication, and recovery
• Maintain and test response playbooks and escalation criteria through cross-functional tabletop
• Design and improve SIEM architecture and security logging with Security Engineering and IT
• Run hypothesis-driven threat hunts informed by threat intelligence and prior investigations

🎯 Requirements

• 9+ years of incident response or detection and response experience, or equivalent demonstrated
• Prior experience managing security engineers, including coaching and performance management, while
• A track record of building and leading detection and response programs, making architecture and
• Experience leading high-stakes incidents across cloud, SaaS, identity, and endpoint environments
• Strong detection engineering skills, including SIEM query languages or rule formats such as KQL or
• Experience designing SIEM and security log pipelines and using cloud logs, endpoint detection and

🎁 Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs
• Benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance
• 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave