Checkout.com
Fintech
IncidentResponseEngineer
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“Incident Response Engineer at Checkout.com. Skills: Incident response, Security operations, Risk management. Lead technical response to security incidents. Own investigation, containment, eradication, recovery”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure security incidents are rare; Ensure security incidents are contained; Ensure security incidents are unsurprising; Reduce real risk, not theoretical risk
Industry & Context.
Analytical; Pragmatic mindset
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven, hands-on experience leading response to real security incidents, Investigation capability across endpoint, identity, and cloud environments, Demonstrated experience prioritising vulnerability or patching risk in large, complex estates, Ability to remain decisive and effective during incidents, and analytical between them, Clear communicator who can influence outcomes without needing direct ownership of every fix, Pragmatic mindset: reduce risk first, optimise later, DFIR, forensics, or malware analysis experience, Proven ability to correlate vulnerability data with runtime telemetry and attacker behaviour to drive actionable risk reduction, Cloud-first incident response or exposure management experience, Exposure to compliance-driven security requirements, Experience working alongside vulnerability scanning platforms without being constrained by them
Nice to Have
Kubernetes a plus
What You'll Do.
Lead technical response to security incidents
Act as senior technical authority during incidents
Provide guidance to Security Operations
Coordinate response across platforms
Supply stakeholders with technical context
Drive incidents to resolution
Design incident response playbooks
Identify systemic weaknesses
Use SIEM and security tooling
Track remediation completion
Validate fix effectiveness
Turn incidents into improved detections
Drive readiness through simulations
Raise Cyber Security maturity
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with Security Operations, IT, and Engineering; Coordinate response across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS platforms; Supplying executives, legal, and risk stakeholders; Partnering with IT, Cloud, and Engineering teams; Work as one team
Communication Scope
Clear communicator; Influence outcomes
Full Job Description
Company Description We’re http://checkout.comCheckout.com http://Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions daily for more than one billion global shoppers. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started. THE ROLE This role exists to ensure security incidents are rare, contained, and unsurprising. You will own the technical direction of security incident response and response readiness across the company. When a serious incident occurs, you lead from the front — investigating, containing, and driving resolution with calm authority. When incidents are not happening, you are actively eliminating the conditions that would cause the next one. This is not a role for someone who waits for alerts. It is for someone who constantly asks “what will break next, and why?” — and then fixes that problem before an attacker finds it. You will operate across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS environments, working closely with Security Operations, IT, and Engineering to reduce real risk, not theoretical risk. WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE & TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP - Leading the end-to-end technical response to high-severity security incidents - Owning investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery
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