Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response

Snap Inc.

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Salary: $209,000–$313,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.

Snap Inc. currently has 55 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response

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As a Senior Security Engineer on Snap Inc.’s Detection and Response team, you will design and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activities across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments. Your daily tasks include building tools for threat hunting and devising automation strategies to enhance incident response capabilities. You’ll also investigate alerts, triage potential incidents, and collaborate with various teams during security breaches. Additionally, you will analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to build threat intelligence. The role requires strong development skills in Python or Go, along with expertise in operating system internals and cloud platforms like AWS and GCP. Ideal candidates have experience in digital forensics, malware analysis, and incident management, as well as a proven track record of collaborating effectively across different levels within an organization.

Skills

Python Go Kubernetes AWS Google Cloud Platform CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Linux macOS Windows Docker Terraform

What you'll do

Design and implement logging and alerting systems for detecting malicious activities.
Build tools and automate strategies to enhance threat hunting and incident response.
Investigate and triage security events generated by the alerting pipeline.
Drive response efforts during incidents, collaborating with multiple Snap Inc. teams.
Analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to build threat intelligence.

What we're looking for

Proven experience in digital forensics, malware analysis, or incident management.
Strong development skills in Python and/or Go.
Advanced knowledge of operating system internals (macOS, Windows, Linux).
Core competency in cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Experience in threat hunting and automating threat detection logic.
Familiarity with BeyondCorp model and cloud-based services infrastructure.
Record of collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

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