Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response

Twilio

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$141,520–$176,900 / yr
Posted
72 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Jan 10, 2027

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $159k
$127k most similar roles pay here $230k

This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $150,474–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $159k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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About Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communications platform that provides APIs and software, allowing developers to embed voice, messaging, video, and email functionalities directly into their applications.

Twilio currently has 32 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,196–$175,245 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response

As a Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response, you will join the Security Incident Response Team to lead technical responses to security events across global infrastructure, services, and applications. You will be responsible for the full incident lifecycle, including triage, containment, remediation, and conducting post-incident root cause analyses. Your daily work involves creating bespoke response processes, developing runbooks, and automating manual tasks to enhance threat mitigation capabilities. The role requires expertise in production-cloud environments, service-oriented architectures, SIEM platforms, and SOAR tools for automation. You will utilize AI for complex incident response activities and high-fidelity detections while managing security across a diverse technology stack. Key technical domains include AWS or GCP cloud platforms, artifact and evidence triage, threat intelligence integration, and addressing specific risks like prompt injections and model evasion in an AI-driven landscape.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $196000 from 81 postings across 41 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the technical response to security events across global infrastructure, services, and applications.
  • Conduct triage, containment, and remediation for security incidents while driving post-incident improvements.
  • Create and document standard operating procedures, runbooks, and best practices for internal teams.
  • Automate manual security processes using SOAR tools and other technical solutions.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and conduct root cause analyses (RCAs) for security incidents.
  • Utilize AI and LLM-based tools to interpret alerts, reduce false positives, and contextualize threat data.
  • Monitor threat intelligence and vendor data to proactively defend against emerging risks.
  • Mentor team members and provide support to facilitate long-term career development and success.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5+ years of security incident response experience in a production-cloud environment.
  • Must be a subject-matter expert on security issues and technologies.
  • Ability to utilize AI for complex security incident response activities and high-fidelity detections.
  • Advanced knowledge of service-oriented architectures and cloud-based security tools.
  • Experience working across a technology stack on difficult security challenges.
  • Experience with SIEM platforms, including the ability to extend their functionality.
  • Experience with SOAR tools and automating manual security processes.
  • Experience in AWS, GCP, or other large cloud platforms.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to influence and build effective working relationships across all levels of the organization.
  • AI Model Security & Posture Management (preferred).
  • AI-Driven Threat Response using GenAI and LLM-based security use cases (preferred).
  • Artifact & Evidence Triage for malware, trojans, and source code analysis (preferred).
  • Threat Intelligence Integration to analyze trends and defend against emerging risks (preferred).

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