Senior Security Engineer, Threat Detection & Incident Response

The role

You will perform security investigations, hunt for threats, and build automation and detection models. You will work on corporate and production environments to identify and mitigate threats at scale.

What you will do

• Perform investigations of security incidents using digital forensics and data analytics
• Use coding, data analytics and investigation skills to hunt, detect and respond to threats
• Build automation and detection models to support identification of anomalous activity and response activities
• Hunt for threats in corporate and production environments
• Work with engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions
• Partner with partner teams to carry out complex investigations
• Identify gaps in infrastructure and work with business partners to gain visibility through logging and detection
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, and Engineering for large-scale response

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on in-depth knowledge and technical experience in security operations including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat
• Proficiency in Python or other scripting language
• Self-motivated and creative problem-solver able to work independently with minimal guidance
• Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
• Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical high-stress situations with expediency
• Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills
• Knowledge and familiarity of the Cyber Kill Chain Framework and MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• Experience automating security detection and response

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Elasticsearch
• Experience in AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS)

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

About the company

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