THE POSITION

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FanDuel is seeking an experienced, high-impact security leader to serve as Senior Manager, Detection and Response (DART). 

In this role, you will lead and scale DART—the operational engine and front-line defensive capability within FanDuel’s modern Cyber Fusion Center (CFC). DART is accountable for the end-to-end operational execution of security operations, advanced security investigations, operational orchestration, and detection lifecycle improvements across FanDuel’s multi-cloud, identity, endpoint, and application ecosystems. 

You will lead a high-performing team of detection and response engineers, modernizing operations by pairing engineer judgement with SAGE (our agentic automation and triage layer) and collaborating closely with specialized partner teams including Threat Intelligence, Security Escalations & Research, and Cyber Defense Engineering. 

We’re looking for someone who came up through the technical ranks — who has built detection systems, run incident response, and understands how to use AI in detection and response effectively. If you’re energized by ownership, challenges, and building something that truly matters, this is your role. 

You will operate as a player–coach, leading a team of engineers while remaining hands-on in architecture, tooling, and incident leadership. 

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

What You’ll Do 

• Build, mentor, and lead a world-class security team of detection and incident response engineers. 
• Set the technical roadmap planning and strategy for DART.  
• Establish and manage team rhythms, handovers, on-call schedules, operational KPIs, and training/readiness programs.  
• Foster a culture of technical rigor, continuous learning, blameless reviews, and operational defensibility. 
• Inspire, motivate, support and guide the team. 
• Drive proactive detection improvement: systematically convert near-misses, incident findings, and false-positive burdens into prioritized tuning requests, correlation rules, and telemetry uplift backlogs. 
• Own the CI/CD pipeline and improve the existing detection architecture by implementing AI workflows and neural detection deep learning layer backed by symbolic logic.  
• Own day-to-day triage, queue health, case progression discipline, and operational response across SIEM, EDR, cloud, identity, and application telemetry. 
• Serve as an operational escalation point and response commander during critical security events, coordinating and commandeering high sev incidents.  
• Ensure clear operational handoffs to technology and engineering teams who own permanent remediation and service restoration. 
• Partner with platform teams to maximize the impact of SAGE, streamlining automated enrichment, detection coverage, and initial triage so engineers focus on complex detection pipelines and advanced investigations. 
• Direct peacetime operational capacity toward playbook modernization, tabletop exercises, and runbook automation. 
• Operationalize seamless escalation pathways: 
• Partner with VTI for threat actor profiling, exploitability validation, and threat-informed prioritization. 
• Escalate novel, high-severity, or complex tradecraft investigations to SER while maintaining operational continuity. 
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Risk, and Technology leadership to ensure incident timelines and decision logs meet regulatory and audit standards. 
• Define and hold the team accountable to operational SLOs/SLAs, including MTTD (Mean Time to Detect), MTTC (Mean Time to Contain), triage velocity, and case QA scores. 
• Maintain auditable case management standards, ensuring evidence preservation, decision tracking, and defensible timelines for every handled event. 

THE STATS

What we’re looking for in our next teammate

• Experience: 8+ years in Detection and Response, with 3+ years of direct people management experience leading incident responders and detection engineers. 
• Technical Depth: Deep working knowledge of modern security operations, detection engineering and CI/CD pipelines, incident response lifecycles, and forensic analysis across enterprise environments. 
• Incident Command: Proven ability to remain calm, direct actions, and communicate clearly to both executive stakeholders and engineering teams during high-stakes incidents. 
• Modern SecOps Mindset: Experience in transitioning teams beyond legacy "ticket-clearing" SOC models into intelligence-led, automated, and agentic response environments. 
• Framework Mastery: Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST SP 800-61, PR3TACK and cloud security architecture. 
• Operational Discipline: Track record of defining, tracking, and improving operational metrics (MTTD, MTTR/MTTC, alert fidelity, false-positive reduction). 

 Nice to Have 

• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, GIAC GCIH / GCFA / GNFA / GCDA). 
• Experience operating in high-volume, highly regulated, 24/7 environments (gaming, sports tech, fintech, big tech or large-scale e-commerce). 
• Experience with agentic AI/LLM-assisted security workflows and SOAR orchestration development. 
• Familiar with Neuro-Symbolic AI in Detection and Response.  

Don’t check all the boxes? That’s okay! We encourage you to still apply if you feel like you possess an adjacent skill set and are interested in learning more about this position.

ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

PLAYER BENEFITS

We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email [email protected].

The applicable salary range for this position is $183,000 - $229,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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