Senior Detection & Response Engineer
Full time
Southlake, Texas | Remote Texas
ABOUT GREYSTAR
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in more than 265 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Greystar is seeking a Senior Detection & Response Engineer to join our Cybersecurity Operations team. This is a hybrid engineering and operations role for someone who can build detections, write code and automation, run full incident response investigations, and apply solid security engineering fundamentals across our environment. You will own the full loop: engineer the detection, respond to what it catches, and feed those lessons back into stronger coverage. This role spans EDR, IAM, SIEM, Data governance and works closely with our SOC.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Design, build, test, and tune detection rules across our SIEM and security tooling, targeting real attack techniquesobservedin our environment
Build scripts, automation, and API integrations (using code and AI tooling) to accelerate detection engineering, investigation, and response workflows
Lead incident response investigations end to end, from triage through containment, eradication, and closure
Perform host and cloud forensic analysis, including disk, memory, and log artifact examination to reconstruct attacker activity andestablishincident timelines
Analyze Microsoft 365 and Entra ID log sources including interactive sign-ins, non-interactive sign-ins, audit logs, and the unified audit log
6+ years in security operations, detection engineering, incident response, or a combined security engineering role
Hands-on digital forensics experience across endpoint and cloud, including artifact collection, timeline reconstruction, and evidence handling
Proficiencyscripting and building automation (Python, PowerShell, KQL, or similar), including the effective use of AI tooling to accelerate development
Experience investigating modern attack techniques includingAiTMphishing, OAuth consent abuse, BEC, token replay, and living-off-the-land techniques
Demonstrated use of AI tools (such as Claude, Copilot, or similar) to accelerate detection engineering, investigation workflows, scripting, and documentation
Experience prompting and directing AI models to produce useful outputs in a security context, including log analysis, detection logic drafting, and incident timeline construction
Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike Falcon, including alert triage, process tree analysis, and prevention policy management
Relevant certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, SC-200, AZ-500, or equivalent
This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You will build the detections that protect Greystar, respond to the incidents they surface, and continuously improve coverage based on what you learn in the field. You will write the automation that makes the team faster, investigate live compromises, and have direct input into detection strategy, SIEM direction, and identity security architecture. You will work directly with the Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Operations on initiatives including our SIEM migration to Microsoft Sentinel and ongoing detection engineering buildout.
Additional Compensation:
Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.
Corporate Positions:Inaddition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participateina quarterly or annual bonus program based onindividual and company performance.
Onsite Property Positions:Inaddition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participatein weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.
Robust Benefits Offered*:
Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Lifeinsurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.
6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
Employee Assistance Program.
Critical Illness, Accident, HospitalIndemnity, PetInsurance and Legal Plans.
Charitable giving program and benefits.
*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listedinformation above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.
Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to AskHR@greystar.com.