Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence

Snap Inc.

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Location
Sydney, Australia
Posted
96 days ago
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Similar $179k
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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 76 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $209,000–$313,000 across 58 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence

Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence joins the Detection and Response team to track sophisticated threat actors and engineer innovative security solutions. This role involves identifying and neutralizing threats across production environments, corporate infrastructure, and internal tools while protecting digital infrastructure from suspicious activity. You will analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures within APT and cybercrime ecosystems, develop automated detection capabilities using AI, and design robust logging and alerting systems for endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. The ideal candidate possesses strong development skills in Python or Go and deep knowledge of operating system internals across macOS, Windows, or Linux. Additionally, you must have advanced experience with cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, or Amazon Web Services to investigate security events and coordinate incident response efforts to mitigate risks across the global platform.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Analyze and develop threat intelligence on emerging adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures across cybercrime and APT ecosystems.
  • Track, model, and monitor specific threat actors and campaigns that may impact company infrastructure.
  • Develop tools and automations to enhance threat hunting and incident response capabilities.
  • Utilize AI and automation to build scalable, industry-leading intelligence and response systems.
  • Design and implement robust logging and alerting systems across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.
  • Lead and coordinate incident response efforts to investigate and mitigate threats across multiple teams.
  • Partner with global stakeholders to improve detection, intelligence, and response capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience in a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of experience in incident response, detection engineering, or related security disciplines.
  • Proven experience in threat intelligence, threat hunting, digital forensics, malware analysis, or incident management.
  • Strong development skills in Python and/or Go.
  • Core competency in operating system internals for at least two systems including macOS, Windows, or Linux.
  • Advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, or Amazon Web Services.

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