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Confluent is seeking an experienced engineering leader to head the Detection & Response organization within Infrastructure Security. You will define the strategic vision, technical roadmap, and operational execution for how Confluent detects, investigates, and responds to security threats across multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
You will lead and grow a distributed team of high-performing engineers across North America and India. The team applies modern engineering principles to security, leveraging scalable Kubernetes pipelines, custom ETL jobs, AI-assisted triage workflows, and Confluent's own data-streaming platform (Kafka) as the central transport mechanism.
Key responsibilities include owning the strategic vision and roadmap execution for the Detection & Response program; building, scaling, and mentoring a distributed global team; driving the evolution of detection engineering and incident response capabilities using modern software practices with emphasis on large-scale automation; overseeing security incident response operations and serving as an escalation point/Incident Commander during high-severity events; establishing operational metrics to evaluate and improve program maturity; partnering with Engineering, Legal, and Compliance teams to integrate detection telemetry and proactive response; and championing an engineering-centric security culture focused on automation, noise reduction, and continuous improvement.
Required qualifications: 12+ years in software development, security engineering, or security operations, with 5+ years in direct engineering or security management. Proven track record building, coaching, and scaling engineering teams across multiple time zones. Deep technical expertise in detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence. Experience building or operating scalable data/event pipelines, modern telemetry stacks, or stream-processing architectures. Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-severity security incidents with composure and cross-functional leadership. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
