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The Role
Leads Atlassian’s global detection and response organization, overseeing security strategy, detection engineering, 24x7 incident response, threat intelligence, hunting, security operations, and automation. Builds cloud-native detection capabilities, improves telemetry and security data platforms, responsibly applies ML and LLMs, and establishes governance, metrics, compliance readiness, executive communications, and customer trust across global teams.
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The Head of Detection & Response (DnR) is a senior security engineering leader accountable for Atlassian's global incident detection, response, threat intelligence, and security operations programs. This role drives strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes across cloud-first environments, enabling Atlassian to prevent, detect, and respond to threats at scale while building customer trust.
Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.
Strategy and Leadership
Detection Engineering
Incident Response and Operations
Threat Intelligence and Hunting
Platform, Data, and AI Enablement
Risk, Compliance, and Partnering
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
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The Head of Detection & Response (DnR) is a senior security engineering leader accountable for Atlassian's global incident detection, response, threat intelligence, and security operations programs. This role drives strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes across cloud-first environments, enabling Atlassian to prevent, detect, and respond to threats at scale while building customer trust.
Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.
Strategy and Leadership
- Own the global detection and response strategy, roadmap, and investment plan, tying security outcomes to business risk and customer trust metrics.
- Lead a multi-layer organization across time zones; build a high-performing leadership bench and succession plan.
- Establish governance with clear OKRs, SLOs, and outcome dashboards for executive and board-level visibility.
Detection Engineering
- Scale cloud-native detections across identity, data, endpoints, CI/CD, containers, and SaaS leveraging telemetry and modern rule engines.
- Continuously reduce false positives and missed detections through quality gates, purple teaming, and regression testing pipelines.
Incident Response and Operations
- Operate a world-class IR function with 24x7 coverage, incident management, executive comms, and customer/regulatory readiness.
- Drive automation and playbooks for rapid containment, eradication, and recovery; blameless post-incident reviews with durable fixes.
Threat Intelligence and Hunting
- Build an intel fusion capability that translates external and internal signals into prioritized detections and preemptive controls.
- Run hypothesis-driven threat hunting focused on Atlassian-specific TTPs, with measurable findings-to-detection conversion.
Platform, Data, and AI Enablement
- Partner with Trust Engineering to evolve the security data platform; ensure reliable, privacy-aware telemetry and lineage for detections and analytics.
- Leverage ML/LLM-assisted detections, triage, and summarization responsibly; define evaluation frameworks and human-in-the-loop controls.
Risk, Compliance, and Partnering
- Align with Product Security, Corporate Security, Governance/Risk, and Security Assessments to close systemic risks and meet customer/regulatory commitments.
- Represent DnR in executive forums, customer escalations, and external audits; build trust through transparency and evidence.
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a U.S. 401(k) company match with immediate vesting and multiple contribution options. These are complemented by other financial wellbeing tools like HSAs/FSAs.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is paired with mental-health resources, disability and life insurance, and options such as HSA/FSA. Descriptions also point to solid plan choices with access to counseling, coaching, and 24/7 support.
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Why Work With Us
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