CoreWeave
Senior Security Operations Engineer
$134K–$179K
Livingston, NJ +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Livingston, NJ
Livingston, New Jersey, United States - Experience
- 3–5+ years in security operations, incident response, digital forensics, detection engineering, or a related field.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. persons, eligible to access export-controlled information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required U.S. government export authorization. CoreWeave may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Leads complex security incident investigations and response, improves SOC detections and workflows, and mentors analysts in a 24/7 security operations program.
What you'll do
- Investigate and respond to security events across Linux, macOS, cloud, and Kubernetes; assess impact and coordinate containment and remediation.
- Develop and improve detections, automation, runbooks, and response processes; conduct post-incident reviews and operational improvement projects.
- Act as an escalation point and mentor for junior engineers, collaborating across security, engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams.
What they ask for
- 3–5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, digital forensics, detection engineering, or a related field.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux and macOS internals, logging, and forensic artifacts; experience investigating Kubernetes or container security events.
- Proficiency with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and firewalls; strong understanding of network protocols, VPNs, proxies, and identity systems.
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience securing cloud infrastructure or large-scale production environments.
- Experience automating security workflows with Python or another scripting language.
Pay
$134,000 to $179,000 USD base salary
Tools
Linux, macOS, Kubernetes, SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, Python
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