
Senior Engineer – Security Research
CrowdStrike
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $140,000 - $215,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- This role combines a blend of skill sets including security operations & incident response, data analytics, risk management, software development, and threat research.
- If you enjoy researching cloud security issues and developing detection content as code, all in a fast-paced environment with broad collaboration across a team, this role is for you.
- As a member of the Falcon Cloud Security Detection Engineering team, you will be responsible for performing research into cloud threats, vulnerabilities, and abuses, to determine configuration best practices that can be used to secure cloud services and assets.
- You will also be responsible for developing and deploying detection rules as code into the FCS product ecosystem along with writing descriptions that customers will use to understand and action alerts generated by these rules.
Requirements
- Professional experience in cloud security-related operations and engineering roles, specifically related to threat detection, incident response, and risk management.
- Experience with data analytics, including searching large data sets, correlating attributes, interpreting results, extracting insights, and forming data-driven conclusions.
- Experience with searching data with analytics tools including Elastic Search, Splunk, or a SIEM.
- A working practical knowledge of at least one of the following Cloud Service Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI.
- A practical understanding of industry security standards and control frameworks such as NIST, CISA, CIS, HIPAA, HISTRUST, PCI and others.
- Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining code in formalized software development/CICD workflows including the use of BitBucket to manage code deployments.
- Familiarity with the Agile methodology for project management.
- Experience in a DevOps or similar role that required use of Python and GO.
- Ability to author and run Elastic Search queries and interpret results from large data sets.
- Proficient in the English language with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A passion for quality and experience optimizing results.
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud securityincident responserisk managementdata analyticsthreat detectionsoftware developmentElastic SearchPythonGOCICD
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationdata-driven decision makingpassion for qualitywritten communicationverbal communication
Certifications
NISTCISACISHIPAAHISTRUSTPCI