At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
Hybrid work
Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco and has global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans Ankara, Dublin, Mexico City, and Melbourne. This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub.
About You
We seek a skilled and enthusiastic Security Engineer to join the Security Operations team to enhance the organization’s security posture. You will play a hands-on role in maintaining and improving the security on the platform, business systems, data and infrastructure. Conducting risk assessments and implementing security measures to reduce vulnerabilities, you thrive in a fast-paced environment and excel at solving complex security challenges. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with the Global Customer Operations, IT, Product, and Engineering Development.
About this role
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Increase visibility of the security presence across multi-layer audiences and operate with teams across multiple departments.
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Aligning security standards across our product development and systems by utilizing industry best practices and fostering a security culture throughout the organization.
About your skills
Strong Communication Skills: You excel in articulating complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and transparent work environment.
Team Collaboration: You excel in fostering collaboration within cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives and expertise to achieve common goals and deliver successful outcomes
Collaborative Problem-Solving: You thrive in cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives and expertise to tackle complex problems collaboratively. Your ability to facilitate effective communication and consensus-building fosters a culture of teamwork and innovation.
What you’ll be doing
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Investigate, analyze, and respond to security incidents, ensure timely remediation, conduct forensics analysis, and use SIEM vendor query language to identify and analyze product behaviours.
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Monitor and respond to systems and networks for suspicious activities, vulnerabilities, and breaches.
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Participate in on-call rotation and BugBounty programmes to strengthen the business's security posture.
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Utilize AI to improve product security and hygiene.
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Familiar with compliance industry regulations and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, ISO-27001) to ensure security event/incident triaging and remediations align with an agreed-upon set of compliance requirements.
What you’ll have
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4+ years of industry experience in information security, specifically threat/anomalies triaging, forensic analysis, and detection
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Proficient in security technologies such as SIEM/SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS
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Hands-on experience with AWS Infrastructure and Terraform Automation.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Strong knowledge of security concepts for threat hunting/analysis, anomaly detection rules, risk-based threats/vulnerability analysis
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Knowledge of modern authentication mechanisms (MFA, SSO, OAuth, Passwordless)
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We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
Life at Udemy
We aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy:
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We’re invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we’re a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we’re better for it.
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Learning is what we do – inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend.
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Our reason to exist is to revolutionize learning – that calls for taking risks and learning from failures. Whether it’s our hackathons (a company-wide effort to envision new possibilities for our product) or sharing our prototypes, we see experimentation as a crucial step on the path to success.
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We’re committed to creating world-class employee experiences and are proud of the recognition of this by Great Place to Work.
Of course, the best thing about being part of Udemy is knowing your work makes a difference for people and organizations around the world. You’ve got the skills; why not use them to help others develop theirs?
At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our US Benefits and Ireland Benefits pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
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What We Do
At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped 77 million learners and 17,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
Why Work With Us
As a learning company, we have a rich culture of curiosity. We offer employees free access to every course on the platform, as well as a $1,500 yearly stipend that can be used for educational opportunities, conferences, books, and more. We also host guest speakers and have a comprehensive and internal training curriculum. Become a lifelong learner!
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