Senior Security Operations Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Security Operations Engineer role is onsite in Livingston, NJ; the base salary range is $134,000–$179,000 per year. CoreWeave provides cloud infrastructure and technology for AI workloads. The engineer leads complex security investigations and incident response, improves detections and automation, and helps scale security operations while coordinating containment and remediation across technical teams.

What you'll do

• Participate in a 24/7/365 security operations center with rotating overnight and weekend on-call coverage
• investigate events across Linux, macOS, cloud, and Kubernetes
• determine incident scope and severity
• coordinate containment and remediation
• use SIEM and EDR tools
• improve detections, runbooks, automation, and response workflows
• conduct post-incident reviews
• mentor junior engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior security operations engineer

livingston nj

coreweave

security operations

incident response

linux

macos

kubernetes

siem

edr

rotating on-call

$134k–$179k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by the company
• life and disability insurance
• FSA and HSA
• tuition reimbursement
• employee stock purchase program
• mental wellness and family-forming support
• paid parental leave
• childcare support
• 401(k) match
• flexible PTO
• and catered office and data-center lunches.

Why this role

The posting seeks 3–5+ years of relevant security experience and a degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience. The role includes rotating on-call coverage for overnights and weekends.

About the employer

CoreWeave is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.