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Security Engineer, Incident Response

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Security Engineer, Incident Response in USA

  • Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities

  • Conduct security investigations and lead cross-functional security incident response through resolution.
  • Develop initiatives and scalable solutions to improve incident response and investigative capabilities.
  • Define operational metrics, key performance indicators, and service-level objectives for Security Operations and Incident Response services.
  • Influence team strategy and prioritize and deliver multi-year roadmaps and projects.
  • Build relationships with internal customers and facilitate solutions that increase team impact.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams on detection and response initiatives.
  • Collaborate with software and production engineering teams to develop adaptable Incident Response and investigative solutions.
  • Identify opportunities to prioritize, automate, and scale detection and response functions.
  • Coach, mentor, support, and develop team members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in Security Incident Response and Detection and Response Engineering within a large, regulated organization.
  • In-depth technical and process knowledge of Security Operations and Incident Response services.
  • Experience reporting incident and program status to leadership and leading complex cross-functional programs.
  • Experience responding to external and insider threats and analyzing network and host-based security events.
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP and related networking protocols, plus operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
  • Coding or scripting experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
  • Knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Preferred experience in malware analysis, digital forensics, intrusion detection, threat intelligence, threat hunting, logs and event processing, incident management, detection or response tool development, and responsible AI practices.
  • Preferred experience with prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration, AI workflow integration, and recruiting, building, and leading technical teams including performance management.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary of $184,000/year to $257,000/year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Salary: $184k - $257k/yr

Meta

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