Detection and Response Engineer
Navan
At Navan, you will build and evolve Detection & Response (D&R) capabilities across our infrastructure, products, and research environments. This role focuses on high-signal detection and reliable operational response to ensure the security of our global travel and expense platform.
What You’ll Do:
- Detection Engineering: Build and manage the lifecycle of detection rules, focusing on measurement/quality loops (coverage, precision, latency) and safe rollout patterns.
- Automated Response: Build workflows that reduce toil (triage, enrichment, containment) using SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel), EDR/XDR, and automation to improve time-to-contain.
- Incident Management: Actively participate in the Incident Response lifecycle. You will detect, analyze, and remediate security threats and participate in a scheduled on-call rotation.
- Secure Architecture: Partner with infrastructure owners to ensure new systems ship with the right telemetry, encryption, authentication, and response playbooks from day one.
- Visibility & Governance: Drive visibility across endpoints, identity, SaaS, and cloud; identify gaps in IAM and vulnerability management and advocate for direct fixes.
- Emergent Threats: Evaluate and respond to frontier security concerns, such as detection strategies for automated agents operating across infrastructure at scale.
What We’re Looking For:
- Technical Foundation: Deep knowledge of network, cloud, and endpoint security, with hands-on experience in firewalls and vulnerability management.
- Operational Experience: Direct experience in Incident Response (IR). You are comfortable performing log analysis, threat hunting, and forensics while applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Threat Modeling: Ability to evaluate new features, identify "what could go wrong," and turn those risks into concrete telemetry and response requirements.
- Multi-Cloud Proficiency: Experience across major platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI) and the ability to design cloud-agnostic detection approaches.
- Automation Mindset: Passion for replacing repetitive work with automation and scripting; you enjoy using AI/agent tooling to accelerate investigations.
About Navan
Navan (Nasdaq: NAVN) is the leading all-in-one business travel, payments, and expense management platform that makes travel easy for frequent travelers. From finding flights and hotels to automating expense reconciliation, with 24/7 support along the way, Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.
Culture of Excellence
Our team is our competitive edge — a high-performance group of smart, driven people committed to winning together. This dedication to excellence is why we’ve been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In (2023–2026), a G2 Best Global Software Company (2025-2026), a CNBC Disruptor 50 (2022-2025), and a Forbes Fintech 50 (2022-2025). At Navan, we provide an environment where top talent excels, offering the autonomy and fast-paced trajectory needed to build a defining career and do the best work of your life.
Our Benefits
Navan offers a comprehensive benefits program designed to support your well-being, financial security, and life outside of work. Our benefits, thoughtfully tailored by country to meet local needs, include healthcare coverage, insurance offerings, and wellness resources for you and your family.
We support long-term financial growth through retirement savings programs and opportunities to participate in our equity plans, so you can share in Navan’s success. To promote balance, we offer flexible time off, country-specific holidays, and paid parental leave for all new parents. Additional benefits include connectivity and commuting support, mental health resources, and exclusive travel-related perks. Wherever you’re based, our benefits evolve with you.
Workplace Policy
Navan believes in the value of in-person connections, whether that’s sitting down to have lunch with one another, taking a walking 1:1, or collaborating in a room together. The connections forged through face-to-face interactions improve company culture and drive business results. Navan invests in global office spaces — in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, among others — that feel welcoming. In-office perks such as company-provided lunches and happy hours create a strong team environment to help you do your best work. Our employees work from the office four days a week. Please expect this policy for all roles that are tied to an office.
Equal Opportunity
Navan is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring.
Accommodations
Navan complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law. Navan will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability in connection with applications for employment as required by law.
If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, you are welcome to email us at talent-accommodations@navan.com.
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