Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted today

Sr. Threat Detection and Incident Response Engineer

Motorola Solutions835 open roles

Pay
$110,000 – $130,000 a year
Where
Illinois, US Offsite, More...
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSr. Threat Detection and Incident Response EngineerMotorola Solutions · Illinois, US Offsite, More...

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Motorola Solutions's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.5% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Motorola Solutions postings stay open a median of 45 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.3%1 day
  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.5%7 days
  4. 21.8%14 days
  5. 36.6%30 days
  6. 58.9%60 days
This job: posted today

Motorola Solutions median: 45 days open

The posting

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

At Motorola Solutions, our technology protects the people and communities who protect us all. The CPS Threat Management team operates at the core of our mission of "Solving for safer." We design, deploy, and continuously advance intelligent defense platforms that safeguard mission-critical systems and public safety infrastructure against emerging threats across multi-cloud and enterprise ecosystems.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Security Threat Detection and Incident Response Engineer to advance our proactive threat management capabilities and automated response posture. In this role, you will champion the integration of intelligent workflows and AI-driven playbooks to elevate how our global security operations observe, analyze, and mitigate cyber incidents in real time. You will work at the intersection of threat research, cloud defense engineering, and operational response, partnering closely with Architecture, Cloud Security, and SOC teams to help ensure our defenses are robust and resilient. Whether designing autonomous remediation logic, investigating complex incidents, or running collaborative purple team simulations, your contributions will protect critical environments where reliability is essential. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience will set you up for success in this role.

Responsibilities:

Threat Detection Engineering & Automation :

  • Build and maintain scalable threat management, detection, and incident response platforms across multi-cloud environments
  • Design and implement automated workflows and playbooks leveraging AI-assisted actions to streamline triage and mitigation
  • Observe, oversee, and analyze system telemetry to identify threat detection gaps and deploy robust, high-fidelity detection logic

Incident Response Operations & Purple Teaming

  • Serve as an escalation point for high-severity security alerts and participate in an on-call rotation to investigate and remediate active security incidents
  • Partner with SOC and Incident Response peers to conduct structured purple team exercises that validate detection efficacy and incident readiness
  • Drive post-incident reviews and root-cause analyses to feed actionable improvements directly back into detection pipelines

Architecture Alignment & Governance

  • Partner with Architecture and Security Engineering teams to help ensure secure implementation of enterprise platforms and detection tools
  • Support technical adherence to relevant security control baselines, compliance standards, and NIST 800 53 governance frameworks
  • Collaborate cross-functionally across engineering and technical operations to help deliver measurable security resilience across our technology stack

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Technology - preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in information security, threat detection, or incident response
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract

Technical Expertise :

  • Cloud Security: Experience securing and monitoring multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Scripting & Automation: Proficient in Python or another modern programming language to build integrations and automated workflows
  • SOAR & API Integration: Direct experience leveraging REST APIs, webhooks, and orchestration tools to automate response playbooks
  • Linux/UNIX Systems: Strong operational proficiency with Linux/UNIX environments, CLI tooling, and system-level logging
  • Cloud Detection Technologies: Experience working with Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) or Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) solutions
  • Telemetry & Log Architecture: In-depth familiarity with endpoint (EDR/XDR telemetry like Sysmon, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne), network flow, identity/IAM logs (Okta, Azure AD/Entra ID, AWS CloudTrail), and centralized SIEM/data-lake querying (e.g., Snowflake, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Datadog).

Professional Experience:

  • Collaborative Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate technical security risks and findings to diverse stakeholders including developers, product management, and legal partners
  • Incident Escalation: Proven track record acting as an incident responder or escalation point during active operational security events
  • Compliance Mindset: Background supporting security compliance reviews and aligning threat management practices with regulatory standards

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience utilizing agentic AI agents, LLMs, or assisted intelligence frameworks in security operations
  • Hands-on experience with purple teaming and adversarial simulation frameworks such as Caldera or Stratus Red Team
  • Familiarity with digital forensics fundamentals (memory/disk triage, live response scripting, timeline creation).
  • Familiarity with modern web-based application design, API security, and application security principles
  • Familiarity with cloud-native containerized architectures and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
  • Professional industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, or cloud security credentials

This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.

Target Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $130,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

#LI-RS1

Basic Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Technology or a related field with 5+ years of experience in information security, threat detection, or incident response (OR) 8+ years equivalent experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.

5+ years experience in Cloud Security, Scripting & Automation, SOAR & API Integration, Cloud Detection Technologies, Telemetry & Log Architecture.

Must be a U.S. citizen.

Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

  • Incentive Bonus Plans
  • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
  • 401K with Company Match
  • 10 Paid Holidays
  • Generous Paid Time Off Packages
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid Parental & Family Leave
  • and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Motorola Solutions's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Motorola Solutions's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Motorola Solutions's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.