Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the strategic vision and roadmap execution for Confluent's Detection & Response program across multi-cloud infrastructure
• ▹Build, scale, and mentor a distributed, global team across North America and India
• ▹Drive the evolution of detection engineering and incident response capabilities with an emphasis on large-scale automation
• ▹Oversee security incident response operations, serving as escalation point/Incident Commander during high-severity events
• ▹Establish and improve operational metrics to evaluate program maturity
• ▹Partner closely with Engineering, Legal, and Compliance to integrate detection telemetry and proactive response

Requirements

• ▹12+ years of experience in software development, security engineering, or security operations, with 5+ years in direct engineering or security management
• ▹Proven track record of building, coaching, and scaling engineering teams across time zones
• ▹Deep technical expertise across detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence
• ▹Experience building or operating scalable data/event pipelines, telemetry stacks, or stream-processing architectures
• ▹Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-severity security incidents with composure and clarity
• ▹Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• ▹Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Soft skills

About the company

Confluent builds a real-time data streaming platform based on Kafka, letting companies react faster and build smarter. The company has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organization.