Detection and Incident Response Security Engineer

ClickHouse; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking an experienced security practitioner to join their Security Team. You will drive modern security processes and tooling while focusing on incident response and detection capabilities. The ideal candidate has a background in product security, cloud infrastructure, and strong development skills in Golang or Python. This role offers a flexible and remote-friendly work environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Healthcare contributions

Equity in the company

Flexible time off

$500 Home office setup

Global Gatherings

Qualifications

• Background in product security, red teaming, penetration testing, and incident detection.
• Experience securing large-scale customer-facing cloud infrastructures.
• Significant development and automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop processes, tooling, and automation for incident management response.
• Collaborate to identify detection use cases and automation.
• Maintain security logging platform.
• Handle information security events and incidents.

Skills

Cloud service provider experience

Incident response

Communication skills

Development experience in Golang or Python

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About ClickHouse

Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes.Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

The Security Team at ClickHouse is responsible for providing key security capabilities covering application, cloud and enterprise security, incident response, detection and GRC. Our team is looking for an experienced, hands-on security practitioner, who will drive the adoption of modern security processes and tooling, with focus on supporting our detection and incident response capabilities.

What you will do:

• Develop processes, tooling and automation to scale incident management response and mitigate risks to the business
• Collaborate with other security functions, engineering, product, support, business operations to identify appropriate detection use cases and automation
• Apply a threat modelling centric approach to incident detection and response
• Maintain security logging platform
• Handle information security events and incidents across the ClickHouse products and services

What you bring along:

• Background in product security / red teaming / penetration testing / threat modelling, combined with incident detection and response experience
• Strong knowledge of and experience with one or more cloud service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience securing large-scale customer-facing cloud infrastructures
• Significant development and automation experience; preference for Golang and Python

Bonus Points:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Previous contributions to open source projects
• Security or cloud related certifications

Compensation

For roles based in the United States, you can find above our typical starting salary ranges for this role, depending on your specific location.

The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.

If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at [e-mail].

Perks

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

Culture - We All Shape It

As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.

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