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Senior Detection and Response Engineer

Northwood Space - Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA

Posted Jan 16, 2026

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Senior Detection and Response Engineer Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA About Northwood: Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company focused on connecting space and Earth. The world runs on space. Space will run on Northwood. Our global ground network ensures that missions ranging from national security, to global connectivity, to disaster response can unlock their full potential and operate every day without fail. Role: We're building the internet for space. Help us defend it. Northwood is deploying a global network of phased array ground stations for mission-critical government and commercial space communications. We need a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to build and operate our security operations center, hunt threats across distributed satellite infrastructure, and lead incident response for systems that can't go down. Responsibilities: - Lead incident response and forensics - Own security incidents from detection through resolution across globally distributed ground stations and cloud infrastructure. Conduct digital forensics, malware analysis, and coordinate response efforts for incidents impacting national security missions. - Build and tune detection rules - Develop custom detection logic for SIEM platforms that can identify threats specific to satellite communications and ground station operations. Create behavioral analytics and threat hunting queries for distributed infrastructure. - Operate 24/7 security monitoring - Monitor security events across AWS multi-cloud environments, Linux-based ground station systems, and satellite communication networks. Triage alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and escalate critical threats. - Hunt threats across space infrastructure - Proactively search for advanced persistent threats targeting satellite ground stations, RF communications, and

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