Benchling

Detection and Response Engineer

Benchling

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $256,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Investigating security events across the organization using your experience and knowledge in multiple security domains (log analysis, digital forensics, or malware analysis).
  • Creating, deploying and maintaining high signal threat detections based on your understanding of threat actor TTPs.
  • Architecting a highly scalable incident response process by developing, applying and refining automation for steps of the Incident Response life cycle
  • Coordinating multi-functional incident response during security incidents, assisting partner teams during non-security incidents
  • Researching new detection mechanisms for attack vectors and techniques relevant to our space and presenting findings to both internal and external audiences.
  • Evaluating external tooling, developing new automation and tooling.
  • Helping to rapidly scale our team. As a member of the security team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our own tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience in Detection and Response (Detection Engineering, Digital Forensics, Incident Response, and/or Threat Intelligence).
  • Strong communicator with both words and data - you have experience communicating to a wide variety of stakeholders under varying conditions.
  • Experience as an incident responder responsible for leading multi-team incidents.
  • Technical innovation skills (you enjoy finding technical solutions, learning new technology, evangelizing security and privacy).
  • Ability to move forward major projects in ambiguous situations through influence and not authority.
  • Practical experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Comfortable with complexity in the short term but can build towards simplicity in the long term.
  • Experience with cloud environments and automation.
  • Relevant development experience in at least one scripting language, preferably Python.
Benefits
  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, 401(k)+ employer match, wellness, commuter, and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Detection EngineeringDigital ForensicsIncident ResponseThreat Intelligencelog analysismalware analysisscripting (Python)automationattack vectorstechnical innovation
Soft Skills
strong communicatorinfluence without authorityproblem-solvingadaptabilityteam collaborationstakeholder communicationtechnical evangelismcomplexity managementproject managementleadership