Threat Detection and Response Engineer

Whatnot

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in cyber incident response or similar security field
  • Knowledge of security concepts, SOAR, EDR, NDR, and SIEM technologies
  • Experience with AWS and GCP cloud service providers
  • Strong written communication skills for documentation and reporting
  • Availability for on-call duties

Responsibilities

  • Apply knowledge of Incident Response principles for effective response
  • Collaborate with Information Security and business teams for incident management
  • Escalate cyber incidents within the Incident Response team
  • Identify detection opportunities and support technology defenses
  • Analyze threat intelligence to mitigate risks
  • Report SOC health metrics and risk indicators to leadership
  • Conduct incident triage and forensic investigations across diverse environments
  • Document incidents from detection to resolution

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support with setup allowance and monthly communication reimbursement
  • Care benefits including wellness allowance and childcare support
  • Retirement options with employer 401k match and international pension
  • Monthly allowance to engage with the app and improve product understanding
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave with gradual return to work
Full Job Description
Role
  • Apply comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of Incident Response concepts, principles, and technical capabilities
  • Collaborate across Information Security and business partners to ensure effective, precise, and rapid response
  • Act as the point of escalation from within the Incident Response team to drive all cyber incidents
  • Identify new detection opportunities, create playbooks, and support new technology implementations to defend against evolving threats
  • Maintain awareness and understanding of the current threat landscape. Analyze threat intelligence with the aim to mitigate potential risks
  • Report the overall health of the SOC via metrics, OKRs, and risk indicators to leadership
  • Provide Incident Response (IR) support when analysis suspects security incidents to help contain and eradicate threats;
    • Perform incident triage, incident response, and forensic investigations across endpoints and cloud environments
    • Conduct technical examinations of computer-based evidence including logs, packet captures, SIEM & IDS events, disk forensics, malware analysis, and more
    • Document incidents from initial detection through final resolution, and present the findings
  • Investigate, document, and report on cyber security issues
  • Create and continuously improve standard processes, operating procedures, and incident response playbooks
You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We've found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

As our next Threat Detection and Response Engineer, you should have a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in security, preferably in a large enterprise environment, plus:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years' experience in cyber incident response, or a similar cyber field, including experience with security principles, and defense-in-depth techniques
  • Experience and understanding of security concepts, SOAR(Tines), EDR, NDR and SIEM (Chronicle) technologies
  • Experience with multiple Cloud Service Providers (AWS, GCP)
  • Excellent written communication skills with the ability to document, communicate, and report security incidents, as well as the status of the implementation and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls with product and business leaders
  • Expected to perform on-call duties
Benefits
  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
    • Home office setup allowance
    • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
  • Care benefits
    • Monthly allowance for wellness
    • Annual allowance towards Childcare
    • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
    • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
  • Parental Leave
    • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

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