Staff Security Engineer - Detect & Response

Marqeta, Inc.; Vancouver, Toronto; Remote; CAD 141,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is looking for a Staff Security Engineer to lead their incident response program. The role involves monitoring for cyber threats, mentoring team members, and maintaining incident response documentation. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in security operations, with expertise in incident response and threat hunting. This position offers competitive compensation and flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible time off

Multiple health insurance options

Retirement savings program with company contribution

Equity in a publicly-traded company

Monthly stipend for remote work

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in security operations.
• Experience serving as an incident commander.
• Advanced knowledge of documentation and procedures for incident response.

Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor for cyber threat activity.
• Serve as incident commander during security events.
• Maintain the Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan.

Skills

Incident response

Digital forensics

Threat hunting

Security monitoring tools

NIST Incident Response Lifecycle

Tools

EDR

SIEM

SOAR systems

AWS cloud services

Job description

Staff Security Engineer - Detect & Response

Marqeta is seeking a Canada-based Staff Security Engineer to join our Security Operations & Response Team as a senior technical leader. In this role, you will lead our incident response program, proactively monitor for cyber threats, and act as incident commander across security events of all severities. You'll shape our response strategy by establishing methodologies aligned with the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, maintaining our cybersecurity incident response plan, and driving continuous operational improvements. This position requires deep expertise in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, and security monitoring tools, along with the ability to provide strategic guidance across the organization. You’ll mentor team members, lead technical initiatives, and participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation. Reporting to the Manager of Security Operations & Response, this role follows our Flexible First approach and can be performed remotely from anywhere in Ontario or British Columbia. We’d love for you to join us!

What You'll Do

• Proactively monitor Marqeta's environment for cyber threat activity and manage day-to-day security alerts through timely analysis, triage, and appropriate response actions
• Serve as the incident commander during security events of all severity levels, directing investigation strategies and coordinating cross-functional response efforts
• Deliver NIST Incident Response Lifecycle aligned services to prepare for, detect, contain, eradicate, recover, and learn from cybersecurity incidents
• Work with the CISO to maintain the Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan (CIRP), ensuring alignment with government and law enforcement reporting requirements
• Document and maintain Security Operations processes, procedures, playbooks, and runbooks to ensure consistent and effective response operations
• Participate in 24x7x365 on-call rotations, providing expert-level guidance during security incidents and conducting thorough post-incident reviews
• Proactively research threat intelligence sources to develop and lead hypothesis-driven threat hunting initiatives to uncover threats in corporate and production environments
• Work closely with Security Solution Engineering to tune security solutions, enhance detection capabilities, and leverage business knowledge to improve security monitoring
• Serve as liaison with HR, law enforcement, response retainers, and cyber insurers as required, including coordination on cyber-crime financial fraud use cases
• Mentor security team members in incident response methodologies while collaborating with senior leadership to communicate security risks and strategic recommendations

Who You Are

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in security operations with deep expertise in incident response, digital forensics, and threat hunting
• Demonstrated experience serving as an incident commander, managing response workflows and making decisions under pressure for security events of varying severity
• Advanced knowledge of the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle and experience developing effective incident response documentation and procedures
• Expert-level proficiency with security monitoring and forensic tools including EDR, SIEM, and SOAR systems
• Experience conducting post-incident reviews and implementing security improvements based on lessons learned
• Strong understanding of threat actor TTPs and ability to apply threat intelligence to enhance detection and response capabilities
• Experience tuning security solutions and developing automation workflows to improve monitoring effectiveness and response efficiency
• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services and securing cloud environments
• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and executive stakeholders during security incidents and investigations
• Proven ability to work independently while demonstrating sound judgment about when to engage team members or escalate issues
• Strong mentorship abilities with a track record of developing junior security professionals in incident response techniques

Manager

Typical Process

• Application submission
• Recruiter phone or video call
• Virtual "Onsite" consisting of 4-5, 45 min interviews
• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position, reflected in CAD, is: 141,900 - 177,400.

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

• Multiple health insurance options
• Flexible time off – take what you need
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
• Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

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