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Director, Security Operations & Detection Engineering

Aurora · Mountain View, CA · Remote

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About Aurora

Step inside the world of self-driving freight, powered by the Aurora Driver. Delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Backed by Greylock, Index and Lightspeed.

About the role

Own end-to-end leadership of the D&R and SOC teams, including engineers and analysts across detection engineering, incident response, and 24x7 monitoring/triage. Own 24x7 staffing model, on-call rotations, and resource allocation across time zones to ensure continuous coverage; participate in leadership escalation on-call as needed.

What they're looking for

  • 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including 6+ years leading, managing, and scaling detection engineering and security operations teams
  • Current hands-on experience with detection engineering, threat hunting, or incident response sufficient to credibly guide technical strategy and support your team
  • Strong working knowledge of SIEM, EDR, NDR/SOAR, and modern detection and response tooling. Strong understanding of cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes) and enterprise/endpoint security (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Deep knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, NIST CSF, and modern adversarial techniques
  • End-to-end incident management experience, driving cross-departmental collaboration through high-severity incidents
  • Experience with vulnerability management, including triage/prioritization of findings and driving remediation across engineering teams
More about this role

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, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn .

We are searching for a Director of Security Operations & Detection Engineering to lead and unify Aurora’s Detection & Response (D&R) and Security Operations Center (SOC) functions under our Technical Assurance division. This role owns the strategy, roadmap, and operating rigor for how Aurora detects, triages, investigates, and responds to threats across Onboard (vehicle), Cloud, and Enterprise environments - spanning both the engineering that builds our detection capability and the 24x7 operations that run it. This is a strategic people-leadership role. You will set direction, build and scale a multi-team organization, and represent cyber defense to executive stakeholders.

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