Canva
Computer Software
SeniorSecurityEngineer-Detection&Response
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“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.
solve ambiguous security problems
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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