Engineering Manager, Security Detection & Response

Apollo.io
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 225,400 - 281,800 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Coaching","Decision-making"]

Lead Apollo’s Security Detection & Response function with hands-on, technical engineering management. Own end-to-end detection, investigation, response, and post-incident improvement, using AI-assisted triage and investigation workflows. Build and evolve security observability and detection engineering strategy, including Panther detections aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, telemetry onboarding, alert tuning, and response automations. Coach a remote-first team and partner cross-functionally to improve security effectiveness, metrics, and remediation outcomes.

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Apollo.io
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Engineering Manager, Security Detection & Response

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Job Summary

Lead Apollo’s Security Detection & Response function with hands-on, technical engineering management. Own end-to-end detection, investigation, response, and post-incident improvement, using AI-assisted triage and investigation workflows. Build and evolve security observability and detection engineering strategy, including Panther detections aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, telemetry onboarding, alert tuning, and response automations. Coach a remote-first team and partner cross-functionally to improve security effectiveness, metrics, and remediation outcomes.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and continuously improve end-to-end detection, investigation, response, post-incident review, and threat intelligence-informed improvement processes, including AI-assisted triage workflows.
  • •Lead complex, high-severity security incidents with clear decision-making, stakeholder communication, and accountable remediation follow-through.
  • •Define and evolve security observability and detection strategy, including telemetry onboarding, alert tuning, coverage validation, and threat intelligence inputs.
  • •Oversee Panther detections, MITRE ATT&CK-aligned use cases, investigation playbooks, and response automations with measurement/validation loops for coverage, precision, latency, and safe rollouts.
  • •Build, lead, and retain a high-performing remote Security Detection & Response team; coach engineers and partner with Engineering, IT, Fraud, Legal, People, Support, and Product on security improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 225,400 - 281,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kParental LeaveLife Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in Security Detection & Response, Security Engineering, or Incident Response.
  • •2+ years of people management experience, including hiring, coaching, and performance management in a remote-first environment.
  • •Hands-on experience with modern SIEM platforms, security observability, detection engineering, log analysis, and complex security investigations (Panther valued).
  • •Strong proficiency in Python for automation, analysis, and internal tooling.
  • •Experience with automation, Git-based workflows, CI/CD practices, threat intelligence-informed detections, and AI-assisted workflows/agents for security response processes.
Experience:5+ yearsSecurityIncident response
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementCoachingDecision-making
Certifications:CISSPGCIAGCIHGCEDCloud security certifications
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PantherPythonCI/CDGitHubMITRE ATT&CKGCPGoogle WorkspaceOktaSlackAtlassianCloudflareCrowdStrikeKandjiSnowflakeSIEM

Company Brief

Apollo.io
Provides a B2B sales engagement platform and global contact database that helps revenue teams find prospects, enrich data, and automate outbound workflows to accelerate pipeline and close deals.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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