Security Engineer, Detection & Response Snap Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Job Description

We're looking for a Security Engineer to join Team Snapchat! Working from our Los Angeles headquarters or Yverdon-les-Bains office, you'll collaborate with engineers from many different disciplines to help develop and deploy infrastructure to monitor for threats and respond to security incidents.

What you'll do:

* Design and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity on Snap Inc.'s endpoints, infrastructure, and networks


* Build tools and devise automation strategies to improve Snap Inc.'s ability to hunt threats and respond to intrusions


* Investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents


* Work closely with multiple Snap Inc. teams during incidents and drive response efforts



Minimum qualifications:

* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field


* A team-player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills


* Proven experience in one or more of the following detection and response areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection


* Strong development skills in Python and/or Go


* Advanced knowledge of operating system internals, and a core competency in two or more of the following: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform



Preferred qualifications:

* Demonstrated knowledge in threat hunting and developing logic to automate threat detection and incident response


* Familiarity with cloud-based services and infrastructure (Google Cloud, GSuite, Etc)


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail


* Practical experience in a BeyondCorp model


* Work record of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company