Senior Account Security Investigator (Technical)

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Technical Investigator to detect and mitigate high-harm attacks on account access. You will lead complex investigations, develop detection rules, and collaborate with product, engineering, and data science to improve login security and recovery experiences.

This role is based in Mountain View, CA, with hybrid work arrangements and potential for bonus or stock-based compensation as part of the total package. Strong collaboration across teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical discipline with practical experience.
• 5+ years in proactive threat investigations of account, content, or behavior abuse.
• 3+ years with investigation techniques/tools across diverse data sets.

Responsibilities

• Lead root-cause investigations into complex account security campaigns from leads through resolution.
• Act as incident commander for major account-compromise incidents and coordinate response.
• Develop detection rules, data pipelines, and playbooks for account takeover and abuse.

Skills

SQL

Python

Threat Investigations

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Technical Investigator to detect and mitigate high-harm attacks on account access. You will lead complex investigations, develop detection rules, and collaborate with product, engineering, and data science to improve login security and recovery experiences.

This role is based in Mountain View, CA, with hybrid work arrangements and potential for bonus or stock-based compensation as part of the total package. Strong collaboration across teams is essential.