Canva

Computer Software

SeniorSecurityEngineer-Detection&Response

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Security Engineer - Detection & Response at Canva. Skills: Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Security Automation. Deliver security engineering solutions. Design detection capabilities”

What You'll Achieve.

strengthen Canva's security posture; enabling faster threat detection; reducing analyst toil through automation; scaling our security operations capabilities; improving mean-time-to-respond

Industry & Context.

Computer Software
Problems you'll solve

solve ambiguous security problems

Eligibility Requirements

on-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

incident response, DFIR, security operations, SIEM, EDR, SOAR platforms, investigative mindset, cloud providers, cloud attack techniques, infrastructure-as-code, DevOps practices, scripting, programming languages

Nice to Have

Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, forensic acquisition and analysis, chain of custody, containerised environments, Kubernetes environments, Publishing research, contributing to open-source security tools

What You'll Do.

Deliver security engineering solutions

Design detection capabilities

Implement detection capabilities

Automate security workflows

Enhance security platform infrastructure

Lead incident response coordination

Investigate security alerts

Triage security alerts

Coordinate containment activities

Coordinate eradication activities

Coordinate recovery activities

Lead post-incident reviews

Contribute to post-incident reviews

Build automation workflows

Maintain automation workflows

Build response playbooks

Maintain response playbooks

Partner with Application Security

Partner with Red Team

Develop security response tooling

Improve security response tooling

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with CTI, Application Security, and Red Team; stakeholder management during incidents

Communication Scope

communication

Full Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, hello, hiya, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will deliver high-impact security engineering solutions across our detection and platform engineering service streams. You will design and implement detection capabilities, automate security workflows, and enhance our security platform infrastructure. Your work will directly strengthen Canva's security posture by enabling faster threat detection, reducing analyst toil through automation, and scaling our security operations capabilities. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box, we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. * Leading incident response coordination and acting as escalation point for security incidents across Canva's cloud-native infrastructure, including participation in the on-call rotation * Investigating and triaging security alerts, coordinating containment, eradication, and recovery activities across a range of security events * Leading and contributing to post-incident reviews, translating incident learnings into improved detections, playbooks, and response processes * Building and maintaining

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