Senior Response Engineer - Cloudflare Managed Defense Center (CMDC)
Cloudflare · Hybrid
Posted 13 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days Cloudflare's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 28% of Cloudflare's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Cloudflare
- low 0 stale, 12 reposted of 342 open
- Hiring momentum
- 494 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cloudflare's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cloudflare.
About this role
The Senior Response Engineer at Cloudflare's Managed Defense Center focuses on network security, providing advanced assistance and strategic intelligence to protect customers from sophisticated threats, including DDoS attacks. Responsibilities include technical mentorship, deep-dive investigations, detection engineering, and collaborating with AI teams to enhance automated defenses. The role requires expertise in network protocols and incident response, ensuring effective mitigation strategies and technical communication during critical incidents.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cloudflare as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of relevant hands-on experience in DDoS mitigation, Network Security Operations, or infrastructure incident response
- Expert-level knowledge of BGP and GRE protocols
- Proven ability to design mitigation strategies for complex DDoS and network attacks
- Demonstrated expertise in detection engineering and tuning network security rules
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for automating security workflows
- Experience with monitoring platforms like Prometheus/Grafana
Nice to have
- Advanced networking and network security certifications such as Cisco CCNP, CCNP Security, or CCIE
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Hybrid work environment may require in-person interviews
- Role involves high-pressure incident response during DDoS attacks
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Listed by Cloudflare on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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