K2 Space
Senior Security Engineer, Operations
$150K–$190K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years in security operations, detection and response, or incident response; plus 2+ years of programming experience as an alternative to the stated bachelor’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in security engineering, cyber security, computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or the programming-experience alternative stated in the posting. Preferred: bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science or engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Owns corporate security detection and response, including SIEM operations, threat hunting, incident leadership, and improvements to security controls.
What you'll do
- Run and mature the SIEM, develop and test detections, and close gaps in telemetry and coverage.
- Lead incident response from investigation through containment, eradication, remediation, and post-incident review; build response playbooks and automation.
- Hunt threats, perform adversary emulation and forensics, and partner with IT and infrastructure teams to improve security controls.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in security operations, detection and response, or incident response.
- Hands-on SIEM administration and tuning, including log onboarding, parsing, and detection rule development.
- Experience leading security incidents end to end and investigating endpoint, identity, network, and cloud telemetry across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- 2+ years of development experience with a modern programming language used for security automation, in lieu of a degree; OR a bachelor’s degree in a listed STEM discipline.
Nice to have
- Detection and response certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, GCDA, or OSCP, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Experience with detection-as-code pipelines, security data lakes, cloud detection and response, threat intelligence, malware analysis, or regulated aerospace/defense environments.
Pay
$150,000 - $190,000 USD base salary
Tools
SIEM, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Panther, Chronicle, SOAR, MITRE ATT&CK
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