Senior Security Engineer
About the Role
You will lead detection engineering, build response automation, and run adversary simulation to improve incident detection and response. You will design detection pipelines, write custom detections, operate SecOps and SOAR platforms, deploy and manage endpoint agents and secrets managers, and integrate security into the SDLC. You will use scripting and AI to automate toil and prioritise protecting critical assets.
Requirements
- Proven experience in detection and response engineering, security automation, or security operations
- Ability to align technical actions with strategic security outcomes
- Experience building pipelines to ingest, enrich, and route data to security platforms
- Experience with threat modeling, attack simulation, and adversary behavior
- Pragmatic, results-driven approach that favors incremental wins
- Hands-on macOS internals knowledge
- Experience with AWS and GCP cloud-native services
- Experience with SOAR tools and detection platforms
- Experience deploying and managing endpoint agents such as Kolide, Santa, or CrowdStrike
- Knowledge of identity protocols OIDC and SAML and RBAC and least privilege
Responsibilities
- Own and operate SecOps and SOAR platforms and build playbooks and automation to reduce response time and improve signal fidelity
- Design and implement detection pipelines that surface high-fidelity alerts and enable incident triage
- Write custom detections beyond built-in features
- Harden endpoints, SaaS controls, and workforce identity systems
- Deploy and manage security agents and secrets managers across the environment
- Integrate security into the SDLC and product architecture cross-functionally
- Leverage AI and scripting with Python and Golang to automate workflows and reduce toil
- Prioritise crown-jewels and move fast on critical assets
Benefits
- Employee Stock Options (ESOP)
- Flexible working model with hybrid options for Sydney-based employees and remote work for other team members
- Access to global office hubs via WeWork All-Access pass
- Lunch provided daily in the Sydney CBD office
- USD 500 work-from-home allowance for home office setup
- USD 600 per year for internet and phone usage
- USD 75 per quarter for remote employees to celebrate with local team members
- Medical insurance and 401(k) support for US employees
- Novated leasing option for Australian employees
- Up to USD 1,350 per year for classes, courses, or events
- Access to free online courses via Udemy
- USD 800 per year for health and wellbeing
- 24/7 unlimited counselling for employees and families via EAP
- Monthly subsidy and discounted ClassPass rate plus 1-year free Breethe membership
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for new parents plus an additional 6 weeks for the birthing parent
- Miscarriage leave and additional IVF-related leave
- Two additional paid annual leave days at the end of the year
- Paid day off on your birthday
- Quarterly end of cycle celebration awards and dinner