Detection and Response Engineer

Who Are We

Postman is the worlds leading API platform used by more than 40 million developers and 500000 organizations including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaborationenabling users to create better APIs faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston New York and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held with funding from Battery Ventures BOND Coatue CRV Insight Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The API-First World graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer Detection & Response to join our dynamic security this role you will provide Level 2 support to our managed Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring and analyzing security alerts and emerging threats across our corporate cloud and production environments to identify and respond to potential security incidents and critical vulnerabilities.

Youll work closely with the broader Security and IT team and other engineering teams to develop a strong understanding of our ecosystem to enable you to act effectively as an Incident Commander when required and coordinate incident resolution with cross-functional teams to ensure 24/7 coverage. This understanding will aid you in your threat hunting and forensic investigations to uncover indicators of compromise and patterns of malicious activity as well as fine-tune and develop additional detection rules configurations custom playbooks and automations tailored to our environment in collaboration with our managed SOC.

In the area of vulnerability management you will monitor security advisories and threat intelligence feeds and drive automation to strive for containment. Your collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential in proactively detecting and responding to security threats and ensuring the overall security of our digital assets.

What Youll Do

• Security Operations Duties:
• Provide Level 2 support to a managed SOC and support monitoring security alerts and events from various sources including corporate tools WAF security information and event management (SIEM) systems and AWS to identify potential security incidents intrusions and vulnerabilities
• Conduct threat hunting and perform forensic investigations to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and patterns of malicious activity.
• Coordinate and manage incident resolution with cross-functional teams including acting as Incident Commander during incidents to help provide 24/7 coverage with other team members.
• Support Cloud Detection & Response platforms to enable various automated notification and containment workflows.
• Detection Engineering :
• Fine-tune and develop detection rules configurations and automations based on new threats lessons learned or environmental changes.
• Work with the managed SOC to develop custom playbooks.
• Where possible write scripts and develop custom tools to automate the detection and response processes. Adhere to SSDLC best practices when writing scripts or developing tools.
• Identify any gaps in logging coverage to ensure we maintain the highest visibility into any threats to our environment
• Manage Cloudflare security products for web application security including WAF rules and DDoS protection.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively detect and respond to potential security threats and ensure the overall security of our organizations digital assets.
• Vulnerability Management:
• Monitor security advisories threat intelligence feeds and vendor updates for critical threats to drive action back into the enterprise/product organization.

About You

• Education & Experience:
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a SOC analyst or security operations role.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in programming and relevant scripting languages such as Python JavaScript Bash and PowerShell.
• Experience with AWS security services and best practices.
• Familiarity with Cloudflare SentinelOne Okta and related security tools.
• Understanding of network protocols firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as CISSP CEH and AWS Certified Security Specialty.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g. Terraform).
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards (e.g. GDPR ISO 27001).

Coding Requirements

Proficient in either Python or JavaScript (or both) to be able to write/maintain:

• AWS Lambda functions that act as glue between APIs and services
• Command-line scripts/utilities that aid in incident investigations (e.g. parsing logs up to and including large datasets)

The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $138000 to $158000 plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidates skills qualifications and experience.

What Else

In addition to Postmans pay-on-performance philosophy and a flexible schedule working with a fun collaborative team Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits including full medical coverage flexible PTO wellness reimbursement and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. Were building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.

At Postman we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area Boston Bangalore Hyderabad and New York employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce leadership team and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge brainstorming sessions communication and building trust in-person that cannot be replicated via zoom.

Our Values

At Postman we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes but also our work we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

Equal opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.