Expedia
Principal Analyst - Security Operations
$231K–$370K
Washington - Seattle Campus · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience required; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in security operations.
About the job
Leads security operations analysis and technical direction to detect, investigate, and respond to threats, while improving monitoring, automation, and AI-enabled defenses across Expedia Group.
What you'll do
- Lead threat detection, investigation, and response, driving measurable risk reduction.
- Design and improve monitoring and incident response workflows, analytics, detections, dashboards, and reporting.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, partnering with other teams and safely applying AI/ML to security operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience in security operations.
- Extensive hands-on security operations experience detecting, investigating, and responding to incidents in large-scale or complex environments.
- Ownership of monitoring, alerting, and incident handling across multiple services or domains.
- Expertise in SIEM, EDR, log management, security analytics, complex telemetry, and familiarity with AI-driven systems or workflows in security.
Nice to have
- Experience designing detection strategies and incident response capabilities for global, distributed systems.
- Experience shaping security tooling architecture and integration, improving operations through automation and metrics, or implementing AI/ML-supported detections and response.
Pay
$231,000.00 to $323,500.00 (total cash); up to $369,500.00 (total cash range maximum)
Tools
SIEM, EDR, log management, security analytics platforms, SOAR, ticketing, automation platforms, AI/ML
AI focus
Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions for detection, triage, and response; apply AI/ML concepts to security operations.
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