Sr. Security Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Security Engineer, Insider Threat Detection & Response

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months with possibility of extension

Contract Type: W2 Only

Intelliswift Software Inc. conceptualizes, builds, and supports the world's most amazing technology products and solutions. Our team of rich experts from diverse backgrounds contributes to making Intelliswift one of the most reliable partners in IT and Talent solutions. We specialize in delivering world-class Digital Product Engineering, Data Management and Analytics, and Staffing Solutions services to Fortune companies, SMBs, ISVs, and fast-growing startups.

Job Description

Duties:

• The Threat Detection and Response team (TDR) at Client is focused on automating security detection, responding to security incidents, and working with partner teams to build capabilities that support the incident lifecycle. This is the front-line team that detects, investigates, and responds to internal & external security threats and malicious activity.
• This is a key role to help define and execute our vision for threat detection and incident response capabilities and process while mentoring other team members. As a senior engineer on the team, you will have direct impact building, optimizing, and growing securing capabilities as you help deliver world-class threat detection and incident response.

The Difference You Will Make:

• You will be a key member of our growing Threat Detection & Response (TDR) team.
• You will get an opportunity to define and execute on Client approaches to detecting, containing and mitigating threats and incidents.
• You will partner with cross-functional partners across the company to improve the overall security of Client driven by learnings and root cause analysis of investigations and incidents resulting in removal of entire classes of problems.

A Typical Day:

• Perform investigations of security incidents using your knowledge of digital forensics and data analytics.
• Use your coding, data analytics and investigation skills to hunt, detect and respond to threats.
• Build automation and detection models to support identification of anomalous activity and response activities to mitigate threats at scale.
• Hunt for threats in our corporate and production environments to proactively identify anomalous activity.
• Work side by side with our engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions to help keep systems and information safe, and partner closely with partner teams to carry out complex investigations.
• Identify gaps in our infrastructure, and work with business partners to gain visibility through logging and detection.
• Collaborate well with cross-functional partner teams, such as Legal, Privacy, and Engineering for efficient, large-scale response.

Skills:

• 5+ years of hands-on in-depth knowledge and technical experience in security operations including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering.
• Proficiency in Python or other scripting language. We also use SQL and Pandas frequently.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch is preferred.
• Self-motivated and creative problem-solver able to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority.
• Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical high-stress situations with expediency.
• Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
• Knowledge and familiarity of the Cyber Kill Chain Framework and MITRE Telecommunication&CK Framework and how these apply to the threat landscape.
• Experience automating security detection and response.
• Experience in AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) preferred
• We are not focused on specific tools but we often use Python, AWS, SQL, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Intelliswift celebrates a diverse and inclusive workforce. We offer equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected basis under the law.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact Intelliswift Human Resources Department

Other Employment Statements

Intelliswift participates in the E-Verify program.

Learn More

For information on Intelliswift Software, Inc., visit our website at www.intelliswift.com.