Manager, Detection Engineering and Security Automation

About this role :

Join a world‑class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. This role supports Gartner’s growing Security Operations team and seeks an experienced and innovative Manager, Detection Engineering and Security Automation to lead a team responsible for building, optimizing, and automating advanced detection and response capabilities across our security ecosystem.

What you will do :

• Lead and mentor a detection and security automation engineering team, define and execute the detection engineering and security automation roadmap, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Oversee the design, development, and tuning of detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud‑native platforms, ensuring coverage for emerging threats and compliance requirements.
• Drive the development of automated workflows for alert triage, incident response, and threat hunting; implement SOAR solutions to reduce MTTD and MTTR, and identify repetitive tasks to build scalable automation solutions.
• Establish KPIs and metrics to measure detection performance and automation impact, and ensure high‑availability and reliability of detection and automation platforms.
• Stay current with evolving threat landscapes, detection technologies, and automation frameworks; evaluate and implement new tools and techniques to enhance detection and response capabilities.

What you will need :

Who you are :

What you will get :

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 106,000 USD - 145,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role‑based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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