Cybersecurity Specialist

Barracuda Networks; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barracuda Networks as a Cybersecurity Engineer to enhance threat research and incident response capabilities. You'll leverage your security and data engineering skills on multiple projects, engaging with cloud data sources while being part of a globally recognized SOC team. This hybrid position promotes internal mobility and includes equity options.

Benefits

Equity in the form of non-qualifying options

Opportunities for cross training and career advancement

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience working for a SOC or CIRT.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A deep understanding of detection engineering.

Responsibilities

• Detection engineering and use-case development.
• Incident response and report writing.
• Emerging threat research and intelligence gathering.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Communication

Education

College degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity

Relevant security industry certifications such as CySA+, PNPT, eJPT

Tools

SIEM solutions (Elastic, Splunk)

Python

SQL

Kali Linux

Job description

Req ID: 26-044(2)

Come join our passionate team! Barracuda is a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats. Our platform protects email, data, applications, and networks with innovative solutions, and a managed XDR service, to strengthen cyber resilience. Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide trust us to protect and support them with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use.

We are committed to a candidate selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free. To ensure candidates are assessed in a fair and equitable manner, accommodations will be provided to prospective employees in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Envision yourself at Barracuda:

Barracuda XDR is seeking a passionate and seasonedCybersecurity Engineerto help us deliver excellent threat research, detection capabilities, and incident response guidance to our customers. You must possess a strong background in security and data engineering, automation, use-case development, threat hunting, and attack simulation. This is a unique opportunity to work with over 40 different cloud, endpoint, and network data sources blending security knowledge with data engineering. Our global 24x7 SOC team is innovative, competitive, and committed to continuous improvement. We are looking for candidates with strong communication, support, and leadership skills. This role requires flexibility and an eagerness to learn new technologies

What you’ll be working on:

• Detection engineering and use-case development.
• ETL, normalization, SQL, python notebooks, anomaly detection.
• Emerging threat research and threat intelligence gathering.
• SOC tier 3 escalation support.
• Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR).
• Adversarial emulation and ethical hacking.
• Incident response and report writing.
• Fun cutting-edge security projects.

What you bring to the role:

Strong foundation in security operations, which provides the context for advanced engineering projects within the Barracuda XDR SOC.

Security Operations

• At least 3 years of experience working for a SOC or CIRT is required.
• Comfortable and confident leading complex security investigations.
• Strong threat hunting abilities in SIEM solutions such as Elastic or Splunk.
• Basic hands-on experience with Kali Linux and other offensive security tools.
• Experience working with API-based integrations or SOAR applications.
• Basic familiarity with cloud services such as AWS and Azure and network technologies like the TCP/IP stack, firewall management, IDS/IPS, and log collection techniques.

Security and Data Engineering

• At least 2 years of experience with CICD, Python and SQL is required.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end detection engineering: research, development, automation, testing (Attack-and-Defend), and documentation.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Elastic and Databricks is preferred.

General Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to work across time zones when required – we have team members in US East and Ireland also.
• Experience with publishing blogs, Github projects, and speaking engagements.
• A college degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related domain.
• Relevant security industry certifications such as CySA+, PNPT, or eJPT are preferred

What you’ll get from us:

A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda. In addition, you will receive equity, in the form of non-qualifying options.

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