Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response (SOC) at PrizePicks in Atlanta, GA

Job description

At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together? We're maturing Information Security's detection, incident response, and forensics capabilities, and we're looking for a seasoned SOC engineer to help lead that effort alongside the existing team. This is a hands-on role spanning monitoring, triage, response, and forensics, with real ownership over how the program evolves from here. What you'll do: Own Detection & Monitoring: Own how we monitor and triage events and alerts ingested into the SIEM, working with the team to tune detection content, reduce false positives, and close coverage gaps. Build the Playbooks: Lead the design and continuous improvement of incident response playbooks, so response is consistent and repeatable across the team, even when you're not the one running it. Threat Hunt: Lead our threat hunting practice, proactively hunting for malicious or anomalous activity that alerting and automated detection don't catch. Mature Forensics Capability: Strengthen our digital forensics capability, including the processes and tooling that support investigations and evidence handling. Automate the Response: Drive automation for alerting, enrichment, and triage across the team's workflows to cut manual toil and reduce time to respond. Respond to Incidents: React to and lead response on incidents as they fire, coordinating across business partners as needed. Document and Learn: Document incidents, root cause, and remediation with clarity and rigor. Own Post-Incident Reviews: Build a structured, blameless post-incident review process, with real root-cause analysis, action items tracked to closure, and follow-through that goes beyond a debrief call. Mature the Program: Shape how the program measures itself and scales, evolving IR metrics, escalation paths, and priorities over time. What you'll have: Experience building or significantly maturing a SOC/IR function, as opposed to operating one that's already fully staffed. You've helped take a program from early-stage to production-ready. 5+ years in a SOC, incident response, or detection engineering role, with demonstrated ownership of an IR or monitoring program, outside of queue work. Strong grasp of the full incident response lifecycle: preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned. Hands-on SIEM experience: log ingestion, correlation rules, detection tuning. Specific platform is flexible. Experience with forensic analysis and evidence handling across host and cloud environments. Comfort building automation/scripting for triage and response (Python or similar). Working knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and common attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK). Ability to define risk in both technical and business-relevant terms. Clear written communication: this role produces the playbooks and incident documentation the rest of the team relies on. Technical must haves: SIEM tooling: log correlation, alert tuning, content development (platform-agnostic). Digital forensics fundamentals: host, network, and/or cloud evidence collection and analysis. Scripting/automation ability (Python or similar) for triage and response workflows. Working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and common threat actor TTPs. What makes you stand out: Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, OSCP, or equivalent). SOAR platform experience. Prior experience in fintech, gaming, or another high-fraud-risk industry. Experience running detection and IR in a distributed/remote workforc