# Director, Security Operations & Detection Engineering at Aurora

- Company: Aurora
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://aurora.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $247K to $396K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aurora-operations-inc/0450342f-bd7f-4ae8-a2d2-ed610829c8f9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurora-director-security-operations-and-detection-engineering/

## 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

Tags: Enterprise IT & Security