Typeface
Staff Detection & Response Engineer
$210K–$240K
Palo Alto, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in incident response, security operations, or digital forensics; strong track record leading investigations end to end.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads security incident detection, response, investigation, recovery, and continuous improvement across Typeface’s platform.
What you'll do
- Lead incidents through detection, triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
- Investigate alerts using log analysis, digital forensics, and threat hunting across cloud, endpoints, identity systems, and SaaS applications.
- Build response playbooks and automate workflows; run tabletop exercises and coordinate response with internal teams.
What they ask for
- Hands-on cloud security experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, and SIEM, EDR, and SOAR tools.
- Knowledge of attacker techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and NIST incident handling.
- Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Experience supporting B2B or enterprise SaaS products.
Nice to have
- Background securing AI or generative AI systems.
- Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, or CISSP.
Pay
$210,000-$240,000 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, SIEM, EDR, SOAR, MITRE ATT&CK, Python
AI focus
Bonus experience securing AI or generative AI systems.
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