Detection and Response Engineer

Ready to join the AQ era?

SandboxAQ is solving challenging problems with AI + Quantum for positive impact. We partner with global leaders in government, academia, and the private sector to identify applications that would benefit from quantum-based applications to current and future commercial challenges. We engage with customers early and throughout the development process to improve market fit.

Our team’s unique approach enables cross-pollination across a diverse range of fields, from physics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, cryptography, natural sciences and more! Our success comes from coalescing diverse talent to create an environment where experimental thinking and collaboration yield breakthrough AI + Quantum solutions. Join a culture where thought leadership, diverse talent, employee engagement, and technological impact will create the next tech uproar.

We are deeply committed to education as a means to advance quantum solutions and computing initiatives. We invest in future talent through internship programs, research papers, developer tools, textbooks, educational talks/events and partnerships with universities/talent hubs to attract multi-disciplinary talent. Our hope is to inspire people from all walks of life to be prepared for the quantum era and encourage a path in STEM.

About the Role

SandboxAQ is a growing, fully remote technology company, which is striving to follow best security practices. We are looking for an engineer to take ownership of our detection and response capabilities and help strengthen our security posture. As part of the Information Security team, this engineer will play a critical role in keeping our data safe as well as maintaining high levels of security assurance for our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Audit and augment our current detection infrastructure (SIEM, EDR, AWS CloudWatch, GCP Security Control Center)
• Design and implement an alerting strategy using our SIEM product and additional tools
• Lead incident response
• Coordinate with broader Information Security team to coordinate threat response and recovery; develop and test our incident response playbooks
• Lay the groundwork for a Security Operations Center
• Manage vendors for tier 1 detection response, incident response

Who You Are

• U.S. citizenship is required due to USG contract requirements
• Experienced in developing incident response and detection strategy and playbooks end to end from initial detection, response, and through post mortem
• Experienced in identifying detections through incident response and recovery
• Have demonstrated detection engineering methodology
• Proficient SOC operator across multiple tiers
• Have strong familiarity with industry standard SIEM, EDR, detection solutions (especially Sumo Logic, Sentinel One and Tines)
• Able to use scripting languages like Python and be able to manually execute queries against SQL/Elastic/etc
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Interested in being one of the first members of an Information Security team

Nice To Have

• Relevant certifications like GCIH, CISSP, SANS
• Experience working in CMMC / ISO 27001 accredited environments

SandboxAQ welcomes all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in quantum technology.   We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more.    Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.   Accommodations: we provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.