Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

3 Weeks ago • 3 Years +
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Security Engineer needed for threat detection and response. Must have 3+ years of experience in a corporate environment, Google Cloud experience, and scripting/programming skills.

Niantic's Security Team seeks a security engineer to improve the security stance of our products and infrastructure. We lead the advancement of AR and other immersive technologies while building engaging apps for a user base in the billions.

Join our multifaceted security team as a Security Engineer, where you'll focus on designing and maintaining Niantic’s threat detection and incident response tooling and capabilities for our globally distributed sites and workforce. You will help secure our corporate and production environments, and provide the means to detect and expel malicious actors.

Responsibilities

  • Analyzing the security of systems and design, implement and maintain relevant detection and alerting rules, mechanisms and tools
  • Improve the cloud-based log acquisition and processing pipeline on corporate and production infrastructure
  • Build and improve tools for normalizing and automatic analysis of a wide variety of security relevant events and log data (cloud, network and host based)
  • Monitor, analyze and respond to security alerts and events
  • Participate in security incident handling and perform investigations
  • Required in-office 2 days on Tuesday and Thursday.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in a modern, threat-aware corporate environment, performing detection and response tasks.
  • Experience with Google Cloud and other cloud infrastructure platforms
  • Experience in signals development, threat hunting, threat modeling, incident handling and remediation activities
  • In-depth technical knowledge of macOS, Linux Operating Systems and Windows.
  • You can demonstrate scripting / programming skills to automate repeating tasks
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.

Plus If...

  • You have experience with building and maintaining existing security automation/orchestration and data analytics
  • You have experience with follow-up or management of remediation efforts.

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID

About The Company

Niantic inspires people to explore the world, together. Our mission is to use emerging augmented reality (AR) technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. Originally formed at Google in 2011, we are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. We have offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and Zurich. 

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