Senior Security Engineer

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We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Tier IV Security Engineer to join our advanced security operations team. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert for incident response across diverse environments, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, AWS, and endpoint protection platforms such as SentinelOne. You will lead complex investigations, orchestrate effective incident containment and recovery, and drive the integration of AI-driven security solutions. This is a critical role for ensuring our organization’s most sensitive assets are protected against sophisticated threats.

What you'll get to do...

• Serve as the escalation point for high-priority and complex security incidents, providing advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and remediation guidance.
• Lead incident response investigations across:
• Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments
• AWS cloud infrastructure and services
• Endpoint protection platforms, primarily SentinelOne
• Conduct advanced malware analysis and forensics to determine threat vectors, persistence mechanisms, and impact.
• Lead investigations and deliver findings and updates to upper leadership, ensuring effective communication and actionable insights.
• Find, create, and drive internal projects to enhance the incident response team and process, fostering continuous improvement and innovation.
• Develop and refine security playbooks, incident response procedures, and threat detection rules.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior security engineers and analysts.
• Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and cloud teams on hardening, threat modeling, and system recovery.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize security tools and solutions, with a focus on AWS-native and third-party integrations including AI related tooling.

Your experience should include...

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, with at least 2 years in a Tier III or IV incident response or security operations role
• Proficiency with incident response investigations related to:
• Windows
• MacOS
• Linux
• AWS (IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, etc.)
• Proficiency in scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.)
• Must be able to work independently, demonstrating initiative and self-motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical reporting and executive summaries
• Basic forensic investigation knowledge including image collection and chain of custody.
• Security certifications strongly preferred (e.g., GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, AWS Security Specialty, OSCP, CISSP)

You might also have...

• Experience with other security platforms (CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud-native and hybrid architectures
• Experience with security orchestration and automation platforms (SOAR)
• Published research or presentations on AI in cybersecurity
• Experience in AXIOM, F-Response, TimeSketch, and other closed and open open-source forensic tooling.

We've got your back...

We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. Benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups. Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

About us...

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

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At GoDaddy, we subscribe to a “pay for performance” approach that considers our total compensation to ensure we offer competitive pay. Total compensation elements vary based on role, but in addition to our base pay offering, may include:

• Comprehensive benefits (may vary based on location)
• Short-Term Incentives (annual bonus, sales incentive pay) - eligibility dependent on role and company and/or individual performance
• Long-Term Incentives (equity) - eligibility dependent on role

We are proud to provide pay transparency to our candidates. In the United States, we have four geographic pay groups (Groups). GoDaddy's target compensation is determined based on your location and varies based on an individual's qualifications, skills and experience at the time of the offer. For this role, our targeted base pay ranges for new hires in each US Group are:

• Group 1: $116,000.00 – $174,000.00
• Group 2: $130,000.00 – $195,000.00
• Group 3: $138,000.00 – $207,000.00
• Group 4: $151,000.00 – $226,000.00

Check out here to see which locations are aligned to each Group.

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