Canva

Computer Software

SeniorSecurityEngineerInvestigations

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Security Engineer – Investigations at Canva. Skills: Security investigations, Incident response, Detection logic, Security tooling. Lead high-complexity investigations. Coordinate with Legal, People, Security”

What You'll Achieve.

strengthen Canva’s incident detection; strengthen Canva’s investigation; strengthen Canva’s response capabilities; reduce security risk at scale; proactive detection; investigation; mitigation of threats

Industry & Context.

Computer Software
Problems you'll solve

solving ambiguous problems

Eligibility Requirements

on-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

experience leading or coordinating security investigations, experience coordinating security investigations, experience coordinating digital forensics, experience coordinating incident response activities, experience investigating macOS environments, experience investigating Linux systems, experience investigating Windows systems, experience designing security tooling, experience building security tooling, experience improving security tooling, experience designing operational workflows, experience building operational workflows, experience improving operational workflows, experience working with SIEM, experience working with EDR, experience working with endpoint telemetry, experience working with security investigation tooling, programming experience, scripting experience

Nice to Have

Experience with insider threat programs, Experience with user behaviour analytics, Familiarity with DLP technologies, Familiarity with endpoint monitoring solutions, Experience building security automation, Experience building security orchestration tooling, Exposure to legal evidence handling, Exposure to privacy investigations, Exposure to law enforcement collaboration, Experience operating in cloud-native environments, Experience operating in large-scale SaaS environments

What You'll Do.

Lead high-complexity investigations

Coordinate with Legal

Write detailed investigation reports

Respond to security events

Create detection logic

Improve detection logic

Run threat hunting exercises

Run anomaly detection exercises

Design scalable tooling

Improve scalable tooling

Design operational processes

Improve operational processes

Act as escalation point

Act as incident coordinator

Participate in on-call rotation

Support teammate growth

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Coordinate closely with Legal, People, and Security teams; comfortable working cross-functionally with Legal, People, and Security teams; communicate clearly during high-pressure situations; translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences; Participate in a collaborative on-call rotation; Mentor and support the growth of teammates; knowledge sharing; operational guidance; investigation best practices; work together with other groups across Canva

Communication Scope

communicate clearly during high-pressure situations; translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences

Full Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, 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, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. 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. At the moment, this role is focused on: * Lead high-complexity investigations involving sophisticated techniques and potential legal or regulatory considerations * Coordinate closely with Legal, People, and Security teams on investigation scope, evidence handling, privacy considerations, and response activities * Write detailed investigation reports documenting findings, evidence, impact, and recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders * Respond to security events from detection through to containment, remediation, and resolution * Create and improve detection logic, correlation rules, and alerts across SIEM and EDR platforms * Proactively run threat hunting and anomaly detection exercises across Canva’s environment * Design and improve scalable tooling, workflows, and operational processes that strengthen Canva’s incident detection, investigation, and response capabilities * Act as an escalation point and incident coordinator during active investigations and security incidents * Participate in a collaborative on-call rotation supporting critical security investigations and incident response activities * Mentor and support the gr

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