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Staff Security Operations Engineer

Aurora
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2025
Who We Are

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

At Aurora, you'll solve massively complex problems alongside other passionate, smart people, growing as an expert while broadening your field of knowledge. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. Aurora’s Detection and Response team’s mission is to identify, contain and eradicate cybersecurity threats in the Aurora software, hardware, and services. Our team is responsible for: 1. Building, testing and maintaining threat detection controls for the Aurora Driver & enterprise 2. Building, operating and maintaining a mature Security Operations program, and 3. Leading investigations of cybersecurity events.

We are searching for an experienced Security Operations Engineer with strong experience in building and managing a Security Operations program, preferably for the autonomous vehicle platform. Job level is negotiable based on experience.

In this role, you will

  • Monitor, investigate and respond to security threats across Aurora systems and networks
  • Continuously improve cybersecurity response operations
  • Develop Security Operations learning and development materials
  • Grow the presence and thought leadership of Security Operations
  • Define, implement and track Security Operations KPIs
  • Participate in on-call rotation for incident response and escalations
  • Prepare and present Security Operations vision and strategy for Security leadership
  • Automate Security Operations process

Required Qualifications

  • Experience building a mature Security Operations program
  • Experience with cybersecurity incident response investigations and management
  • Experience triaging and investigating cybersecurity alerts
  • Experience with SIEM, EDR and log analysis
  • Experience developing tools to optimize and automate response processes
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with proven ability to communicate clearly with all leadership levels
  • Experience with Python

Desirable Qualifications

  • Experience aligning Security Operations with industry standards including NIST / SOC2 / ISO
  • Experience conducting training and mentoring for Security Operations and Incident Response
  • Familiarity with Cloud Security (AWS) and infrastructure-as-code
  • Metrics/Data Analytics experience

The base salary range for this position is $220k-$352K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.

For California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.

To learn more about life at Aurora please visit our company culture page.

Salary : $220,000 - $352,000

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