Built on a unified data layer and real-time knowledge graph, Exaforce gives security teams the speed, context, and reasoning to stop AI-era threats. Backed by Peak XV.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced people leader to manage our global Detection and Response Engineering (DRE) team within our cybersecurity MDR organization. In this role, you will build, lead, and develop a team of Detection and Response Engineers responsible for protecting our customers' cloud environments.
What they're looking for
- Hire, onboard, coach, and manage performance for a team of Detection and Response Engineers across multiple geographies and time zones
- Own the team's on-call/rotational coverage model, staffing, and capacity planning to ensure 24/7 detection and response coverage
- Set quality standards and review processes for detection rule tuning, alert triage, correlation logic, and incident investigations across the team
- Act as the escalation point for high-severity security incidents, driving containment, eradication, and recommending recovery efforts alongside the team
- Define and track team KPIs/SLAs (e.g., time-to-detect, time-to-respond, false-positive rates) and report on team performance to leadership
- Partner with Product and Engineering to feed field-identified detection gaps, tooling needs, and platform feedback into the roadmap
More about this role
About Exaforce
Exaforce is a U.S.-based startup at the forefront of cloud security. Founded by security and AI experts from Google, PANW, and F5, Exaforce is well funded and backed by top-tier VCs. Exaforce is on a mission to simplify security and operations in the Cloud. It enables enterprises to force multiply their security teams by giving them unprecedented visibility into their cloud environments, identifying risk, detecting previously unknown threats, while giving them the tools they need to quickly remedy the situation without the manual heavylift.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced people leader to manage our global Detection and Response Engineering (DRE) team within our cybersecurity MDR organization. In this role, you will build, lead, and develop a team of Detection and Response Engineers responsible for protecting our customers' cloud environments. You will own the operational rigor, quality, and consistency of detection, threat hunting, and incident response delivered across the team, while acting as an escalation point for critical incidents and a strategic partner to customers, product, and engineering leadership. This role blends hands-on security...
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