Senior Security Analyst & Incident Commander

23andMe, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call bonus

Job summary

23andMe is seeking a Senior Security Analyst in Palo Alto to lead the Security Operations team as Incident Commander during security events. You will triage alerts, investigate incidents, and design threat detection to protect customer and corporate data.

The role requires hands-on experience with EDR/SIEM and enterprise tools (Okta, AWS, CrowdStrike/SentinelOne, Datadog, Splunk). Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential as you work with Engineering, IT, and security

Qualifications

• 4+ years in security operations or incident response.
• Hands-on experience with threat detection, hunting, and incident response.
• Familiarity with scripting languages and common operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Incident Commander during security incidents; coordinate response across teams.
• Manage and improve incident response workflows, playbooks, and runbooks.
• Triage, investigate, and prioritize alerts; distinguish true events from noise.

Skills

Incident response

Threat detection

Threat hunting

EDR/SIEM

Automation

Scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

Okta

AWS

CrowdStrike/SentinelOne

Datadog

Sumo Logic

Splunk

Job description

23andMe is seeking a Senior Security Analyst in Palo Alto to lead the Security Operations team as Incident Commander during security events. You will triage alerts, investigate incidents, and design threat detection to protect customer and corporate data.

The role requires hands-on experience with EDR/SIEM and enterprise tools (Okta, AWS, CrowdStrike/SentinelOne, Datadog, Splunk). Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential as you work with Engineering, IT, and security