Fastly · 2 months ago
Senior Manager - Detection Engineering
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$211K/yr - $254K/yr
7+ years expFastly is a company that helps people stay better connected with the things they love through its edge cloud platform. They are seeking a Senior Manager to lead their Security Detection Engineering team, focusing on shaping their detection engineering program and enhancing security incident response processes.
Cloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureCloud SecurityContent Delivery NetworkEnterprise SoftwareSecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Shape and execute the long-term strategy for detection engineering, security incident response, threat intelligence, and threat hunting
Lead efforts to build detections, tools, automations, and integrations that strengthen our threat detection and response capabilities
Mentor, grow, and support a team of security engineers
Work with Fastly's Incident Management team to improve our security incident response processes, playbooks, and metrics
Partner with engineering to implement security controls
Lead security incidents for the company
Qualification
Required
An empathetic and inclusive leader with experience in leading a team of security practitioners
Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively communicate security risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Technical understanding of attacker threats and exploitation techniques, and first-hand experience in investigating them
Experience in scaling a detection engineering program and building high-fidelity detections-as-code
Experience in serving as an Incident Commander or leading large, cross-functional security incidents
Experience in securing, identifying threats, and responding to incidents in one major public cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
7-10+ years of relevant experience; we are open to strong candidates with varying backgrounds who can demonstrate equivalent expertise and impact
Preferred
Published security research or have spoken at community events on detection engineering or security incident response
Familiarity with content delivery networks (CDN), edge cloud platforms, or other Fastly products and services
Experience with Linux administration at scale, associated intrusion/manipulation techniques, and standard methodologies for system hardening and process isolation
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Family planning
Mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program
Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident)
A Flexible Vacation policy
Up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
401(k) (including company match)
Employee Stock Purchase Program
11 paid local holidays
11 paid company wellness days
Company
Fastly
Fastly helps digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering secure and online experiences.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$529MKey Investors
DTCPICONIQ GrowthAugust Capital
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $160M
2024-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $150M
2019-05-16IPO
Leadership Team
Kip Compton
Chief Executive Officer
Hooman Beheshti
VP Technology
Recent News
2025-12-15
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