Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

Ripple; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to enhance their detection and response capabilities. In this dynamic role, you will lead efforts to identify threats, automate incident responses, and collaborate with technology vendors to optimize security measures. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, where your contributions will significantly impact the safety of financial technology solutions. Join a team that values innovation and teamwork, and be part of a culture that encourages personal growth and professional development in the ever-evolving field of information security.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses

Equity

Physical and mental healthcare benefits

Generous vacation policy

Catered lunches

Fully-stocked kitchens

Industry-leading parental leave policies

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations with expertise in incident response.
• Experience in writing detections and tuning detection logic.

Responsibilities

• Lead detection and response strategy to monitor for anomalies.
• Automate response processes and collaborate on security improvements.

Skills

Security Operations

SIEM Rules

Incident Response

Public Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)

Vulnerability Management

Network Infrastructure

Mentoring

Tools

SOAR

Job description

Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

London, UK

Please note this is for London, UK. You only need to apply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today.

Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world.

THE WORK:

Ripple is looking for passionate Information Security professionals to build a world-class Information Security program. As part of the Information Security team, you will help us achieve this mission by actively working to protect our staff, company, and the larger crypto communities we engage with.

Ripple's Detection & Response team defends against internal and external threats across our company and services. To accomplish this, we are building data pipelines and detections, automating incident response, and developing leading-edge solutions to collect and analyze data in both security incidents and investigations. As a Detection and Response Engineer, you will build and grow your career in all of these areas.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Help lead the overall detection and response strategy
• Continually improve our ability to monitor for anomalies and detect malicious activity
• Analyze applications and systems to identify relevant data sources for threat detections
• Tune and test detection logic to reduce false positives and noise
• Work with technology vendors to optimize security services for peak effectiveness
• Research and collaborate internally and externally on open-source solutions
• Automate response processes with SOAR and related technologies
• Act in a purple team capacity to ensure effectiveness of security systems and controls
• Participate in cross-functional security functions to help drive continual program improvements

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• 5+ years of experience working within a security operations environment
• At least 1 year of experience in writing detections, SIEM rules, or EDR
• Significant experience with standard incident response processes
• Expertise in a broad range of information technologies, such as public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), authentication systems, vulnerability management solutions, network infrastructure, etc.
• Experience in dissecting attacker methodologies and techniques
• Comprehensive understanding of product and infrastructure logs from a security perspective
• Experience building and delivering projects from start to finish
• Knowledge of a broad range of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Above all, a team player that can handle challenging situations, a rapidly maturing security culture, and an eagerness to mentor less experienced engineers

WHO WE ARE:

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact.
• Thrive in an environment where every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture.
• Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• R&R days to rest and recharge
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches and fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.