Security Incident Response Analyst

Matchgroup; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation

RRSP matching

Udemy access for all employees

Mentorship program

Parental leave benefits

Extended health & dental benefits

ClassPass wellness benefits

Job summary

Match Group, a global leader in dating platforms, is seeking a Security Incident Response Analyst to join the Detection & Response team. You will detect, analyze, and respond to advanced threats across on-prem and cloud, leading investigations from discovery to containment.

The role requires 5+ years in IR/DFIR, strong cloud experience (AWS/GCP), and hands-on SIEM/EDR. You will mentor juniors, document findings, and collaborate with global teams to improve detection and response maturity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Incident Response/DFIR/SOC
• Experience leading significant security investigations
• Cloud environment experience (AWS/GCP)
• Hands-on with SIEM, EDR, and log analysis
• Familiarity with privacy-related incident handling (e.g., GDPR)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end investigations into phishing, malware, insider threats, and other advanced incidents
• Triage and analyze alerts, distinguish threats from noise, and prioritize response
• Perform malware analysis with static and dynamic examination
• Analyze host and network logs to reconstruct attacker activity and persistence
• Investigate cloud-native incidents by analyzing audit logs, IAM, and network data
• Contain, eradicate, and recover, coordinating with cross-functional teams
• Develop and refine detection logic, playbooks, and response procedures
• Escalate complex cases; mentor junior analysts
• Document findings and communicate with stakeholders (post-incident reports)

Skills

Incident response

DFIR

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

SIEM

EDR

Log analysis

Python scripting

Communication

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Tools

SIEM tools

EDR tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Know where you belong!

Match Group is a leading provider of dating products across the globe. Our portfolio includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, PlentyOfFish, OkCupid, The League, HER, and others, each designed to spark meaningful connections for singles worldwide. Creating a sense of belonging doesn’t stop at our products - it’s the foundation of every team we hire.

When it comes to dating, the connection starts online, but the real magic happens once you meet in real life (IRL). We think the same is true for creating the best platforms, so we work together IRL 3 days/week.

About Match Group

Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) is a leading provider of dating products across the globe, operating a portfolio of brands including Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Pairs, Meetic, and more. With hundreds of millions of users worldwide generating billions of interactions daily, our scale demands world-class security operations.

About the Team

The MG Security Engineering organization provides unified security services across all Match Group brands. The Monitoring, Incident Response & SOC team is responsible for real-time threat detection, investigation, and response across the full portfolio — operating 24/7 to ensure security alerts are effectively triaged and responded to, minimizing the impact of potential threats.

We're looking for a senior individual contributor to join our Detection & Response team as a Security Incident Response Analyst. In this role, you'll serve as a senior‑level investigator responsible for detecting, analyzing, and responding to advanced security threats across on‑prem and cloud infrastructure in a multi‑vendor environment. You'll lead investigations spanning phishing, malware, insider threats, and other complex security incidents — driving them from initial detection through containment, eradication, and recovery.

• Lead end-to-end investigations into phishing, malware, insider threats, and other advanced security incidents
• Triage and analyze security alerts, distinguishing true threats from noise, and prioritize response based on risk and business impact.
• Perform technical malware analysis, including static and dynamic examination of suspicious files, to determine behavior, capability, and intent.
• Conduct host and network-based analysis — analyzing system logs, processes, registry/configuration artifacts, memory, traffic patterns, DNS activity, and connection logs — to reconstruct attacker activity and identify persistence, command-and-control, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
• Investigate cloud-native incidents by analyzing audit logs, IAM and access activity, and network flow data to detect unauthorized access, privilege misuse, and malicious file activities across cloud environments.
• Drive incidents through containment, eradication, and recovery, coordinating with cross-functional teams as needed.
• Develop and refine detection logic, playbooks, and response procedures to improve the team's ability to identify and act on emerging threats.
• Act as an escalation point for the most technically complex cases, mentoring junior analysts.
• Document findings and communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, including post‑incident reports and executive summaries.
• 5+ years of experience in Incident Response, DFIR, or Security Operations
• Experience leading significant security investigations
• Strong familiarity with cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP)
• Hands‑on experience with SIEM, EDR, and log analysis
• Solid understanding of identity systems and distributed architectures
• Ability to stay composed and structured during high‑pressure situations
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in large‑scale consumer or SaaS environments
• Experience working across global teams
• Familiarity with privacy‑related incident handling (e.g., GDPR)
• Scripting or automation experience (Python, etc.)
• We operate global consumer platforms that handle sensitive user data. When incidents happen, the way we respond matters.
• This role plays a key part in containing impact, protecting user trust, and improving our overall response maturity.

Why Match Group?

Our mission is simple – to help people find love and happiness! We love our employees too and understand the importance of all life's milestones. Here are some of the benefits we are proud to offer:

• Generous vacation, flex days, professional development days
• RRSP matching, and employee stock purchase plan
• Professional development budget and unlimited access to Udemy from day one
• Match Group mentorship program
• Parental leave top up and fertility preservation benefits
• Extended health & dental benefits from day one
• Corporate ClassPass membership and other wellness benefits

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value the rich dynamics that diversity brings to our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), gender identity or expression, uniformed service or veteran status, genetic information, and any other legally protected characteristic. Period.

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