Senior Security Engineer II - Defense Platform (Remote)
The Role
Our Defense Platform team enables enterprise defenders to rapidly identify, mitigate, and respond to cyber threats using innovative defense technologies, keeping Uber ahead of adversaries. We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer II to aid in the development of our infrastructure platforms with a focus on improving performance, reliability, and efficiency. These reliable processes and performant technologies are purpose-built to empower security practitioners to identify, mitigate, and respond to threats of abuse and intrusion.
Responsibilities
• Architect and develop tools for threat detection, threat intelligence, forensic automation, and incident response.• Drive continual improvement in monitoring, configuration management, instrumentation and automation with the goal of maintaining robust enterprise defense systems at planet scale.• Build reliable infrastructure and tools for our security teams so they can accomplish their day-to-day tasks of reducing risk.• Improve the overall quality and observability of our security telemetry.• Build out new detection and mitigation strategies that will make it easier to identify and investigate suspicious activities.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, System Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.• 5+ years of service/system reliability experience running large scale platforms.• 3+ years experience writing with Python, BASH, or similar scripting languages.• Advanced knowledge of Windows/Linux system administration at scale.• Knowledge of Java and/or Golang.• Experience using Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or related configuration management / DevOps technologies.• Experience using automation and instrumentation to improve engineering efficiency.• Experience with distributed database technologies (hadoop, presto, and hive).• Experience designing and developing continuous integration/development systems (CI/CD).• Experience working with services and APIs in cloud infrastructures (AWS or GCP).
Preferred Qualifications
• Masters of Science in Computer Science, System Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.• Advanced knowledge of networking and application protocols.• Experience building a security analytics, intrusion detection, or abuse detection platform.• Experience with Splunk or the Elastic Stack and related components (beats, logstash, elastic, kibana).
At Uber, we reimagine the way the world moves for the better. The idea was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then, our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We've grown into a global platform moving people and things in ever-expanding ways, taking on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters make movement happen at the push of a button for everyone, everywhere.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.