Staff Security Engineer - Threat Detection & Response

Etsy; New York (NY); On-site; USD 204,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Annual performance bonus

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Etsy is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join our Security Operations team in New York City. This full-time position focuses on protecting our data, applications, and systems, collaborating closely with other security and engineering teams. Responsibilities include enhancing detection processes, threat hunting, and managing incident responses while mentoring colleagues.

A successful candidate will have 9+ years of security experience, strong web application knowledge, and a bias toward system improvement. In addition to competitive salary, benefits include equity packages and performance bonuses.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in a security role with significant incident response experience.
• Proficiency in web applications and cloud technologies.
• Strong foundational knowledge of information security and common attacks, tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Participate in detection and response workstreams, writing new detection logic.
• Strengthen our detection and response processes.
• Participate in active threat hunting, analysis of security events.

Skills

Incident response experience

Proficiency in web applications

Knowledge of information security

Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR

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Job description

Etsy is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join our Security Operations team in New York City. This full-time position focuses on protecting our data, applications, and systems, collaborating closely with other security and engineering teams. Responsibilities include enhancing detection processes, threat hunting, and managing incident responses while mentoring colleagues.

A successful candidate will have 9+ years of security experience, strong web application knowledge, and a bias toward system improvement. In addition to competitive salary, benefits include equity packages and performance bonuses.