Detection & Response Engineer

eBay

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$118,800–$205,600 / yr
Posted
19 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $184k
This role $162k
$107k most similar roles pay here $230k

This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $150,000–$218,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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About eBay

eBay is a global e-commerce company that operates an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers for a wide range of new and used goods.

eBay currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $136,000–$214,700 across 40 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Detection & Response Engineer

As a senior individual contributor on the Detection & Response team, you will protect the global marketplace by identifying, investigating, and responding to cyber threats across complex environments. You will lead high-impact incident response for external intrusions and insider threats while building, tuning, and maintaining SIEM detections and alert logic. Your daily work involves reconstructing activity from telemetry, performing threat modeling for new systems, and hunting for attacker behavior to create actionable countermeasures. You will develop automation and tooling, including AI-assisted workflows, to streamline triage and evidence collection. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP, as well as Kubernetes and containerized environments. Required skills include network and digital forensics, proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages, and a deep understanding of modern adversary tactics across endpoint, identity, and network infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Lead high-impact incident response to contain risks and restore business operations during external intrusions or insider threats.
  • Build, tune, and maintain SIEM detections and alert logic to increase coverage while reducing false positives.
  • Investigate complex security events end-to-end by reconstructing activity from telemetry and identifying root causes.
  • Apply threat modeling to new systems and infrastructure to translate risks into practical detection requirements for engineering teams.
  • Proactively hunt for attacker behavior and turn adversary research into actionable countermeasures and playbooks.
  • Develop automation and tooling, including AI-assisted workflows, to streamline triage and evidence collection.
  • Monitor and investigate security activity across cloud, Kubernetes, container, and network environments.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in incident response, detection engineering, threat hunting, or a related security field.
  • Strong understanding of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to develop practical detections and mitigations.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud and SaaS environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Experience working in Kubernetes or containerized environments using cluster telemetry to investigate activity.
  • Proven knowledge of network and digital forensics fundamentals for analyzing traffic during active investigations.
  • Scripting or automation experience in Python or a similar language.
  • Strong communication skills and the flexibility to participate in an on-call rotation.

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