Security Engineer, Insider Threat

DoorDash, Inc

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $130,600–$192,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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This role $161k

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About DoorDash, Inc

DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States.

DoorDash, Inc currently has 238 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Security Engineer, Insider Threat

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As a Security Engineer specializing in Insider Threat at DoorDash, you will join the Security Operations team under the Chief Information Security Officer to safeguard company data and privacy. Your primary responsibilities include investigating anomalous activities for potential insider risks, developing detection capabilities, and creating use case libraries with version-controlled workflows. You will also support custom tooling implementation, automate investigations using AI, prepare reports for leadership, and collaborate across multiple internal teams. The role requires hands-on experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms, UEBA, UAM, DLP tools, and proficiency in querying large datasets with SQL. Familiarity with scripting, cloud environments, and version control is essential. This position addresses the critical need to protect DoorDash’s people, partners, customers, and technologies through proactive threat management and rapid response.

Skills

SIEM SOAR UEBA UAM DLP SQL Git Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure Python Linux CI/CD

What you'll do

Conduct investigations into anomalous events and behaviors for potential insider risk.
Develop detections to proactively identify similar risky behaviors at scale.
Create and maintain a use case library and corresponding playbooks for consistency.
Prepare investigative reports and briefings for leadership on findings.
Lead training or other education initiatives to raise awareness about insider threats.

What we're looking for

2-5+ years of experience in insider threat investigations or incident response
Conduct complex ethical investigations with Legal, HR, and cross-functional teams
Hands-on experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms, UEBA, UAM, and DLP tools
Proficiency in querying large-scale datasets (e.g., SQL) for investigation support
Familiarity with scripting, automation, and cloud/distributed environments using version control
Strong verbal and written communication skills to present findings to stakeholders

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