Senior Security Engineer, Operations
K2 Space · Los Angeles, CA
Posted 28 days ago · $150,000 - $190,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days K2 Space 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 78% of K2 Space 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at K2 Space
- low 0 stale, 0 reposted of 220 open
- Hiring momentum
- 244 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 K2 Space 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for K2 Space .
About this role
As a Senior Security Engineer at K2, you will be responsible for detection and response within the corporate environment, managing the SIEM, and leading security incidents from detection through resolution. Your role will involve hands-on work across various telemetry sources, threat hunting, and developing detection content while collaborating with IT and infrastructure teams to enhance security measures. You will also mentor junior team members and support compliance efforts.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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 K2 Space as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of experience in security operations, detection and response, or incident response
- Hands-on experience administering and tuning a SIEM (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Panther, or Chronicle)
- Demonstrated experience leading security incidents end to end
- Strong working knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Experience investigating endpoint, identity, network, and cloud telemetry across macOS, Windows, and Linux
- 2+ years of development experience with any modern programming language or a bachelor's degree in a related field
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science or engineering
- Detection and response certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, GCDA, or OSCP
- Experience building detection-as-code pipelines, security data lakes, or ETL for security telemetry
- Experience with cloud detection and response in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with threat intelligence, malware analysis, or reverse engineering
What you get
- Base salary range of $150,000 - $190,000 and equity in the company
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Worth weighing
- High visibility position may require occasional after-hours and weekend response
- Role involves working with mission critical and sensitive systems
- No specific mention of remote work options or flexibility
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Listed by K2 Space on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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