Enterprise Security Engineer: Incident Response & Defenses

Airwallex-; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in San Francisco is seeking a Corporate Security Engineer to defend enterprise systems against malware, phishing and unauthorized access.

Based in San Francisco, you will lead investigations, build detection capabilities, and deploy security controls across the corporate IT stack.

We value proactive thinkers who communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders and can balance speed with rigorous risk management in a global, high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• A passion for solving the complex challenges of high-growth startups.
• Self motivation and drive to learn new skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or similar.
• 3+ years working in a security engineering or incident response role within a tech company.
• Strong experience with Crowdstrike, Splunk or other common security monitoring tools.
• In depth understanding of attacker tools and techniques, how to detect and prevent, and how to respond to incidents with depth.
• Experience with GCP, Alibaba Cloud or other cloud platforms is preferred.
• Experience with Okta, Google Workspace and cloud-based VPN services is preferred.
• Experience securing endpoints, including with MDM tooling such as Kandji, Intune
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical security concepts to a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to incident response for malware, phishing, digital forensics.
• Design, develop, test, and evaluate new corporate security controls for a rapidly growing business.
• Perform incident response and hunt through log sources to identify new threats.
• Design and implement security alerts and workflows to support the incident response lifecycle.
• Secure corporate IT infrastructure and remediate issues across identity providers, endpoints, corporate networks and other platforms.
• Deploy, configure and operate security tooling with a laser focus on impact.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Communication skills

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or similar

Tools

Crowdstrike

Splunk

GCP

Alibaba Cloud

Okta

Google Workspace

cloud-based VPN

Job description

Airwallex in San Francisco is seeking a Corporate Security Engineer to defend enterprise systems against malware, phishing and unauthorized access.

Based in San Francisco, you will lead investigations, build detection capabilities, and deploy security controls across the corporate IT stack.

We value proactive thinkers who communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders and can balance speed with rigorous risk management in a global, high-growth environment.