Senior Security Engineer

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Central, LA
Hybrid
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Data Privacy
Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.
The Role
The Senior Security Engineer will collaborate with various teams to enhance security measures, develop detection capabilities, analyze logs, and refine incident response processes. This role focuses on threat hunting in cloud environments and implementing remediation efforts against security incidents.
Summary Generated by Built In

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in. Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start. Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.



Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Opportunity: 

Snyk is looking for a Senior Security Engineer with experience in the areas of threat detection, security incident response, and detection engineering. We are building out security operations and response capabilities within Snyk’s Enterprise Security team to support the company’s rapid growth. You will have a unique opportunity to help build and shape the technical capabilities and the overall infosec program from an early stage. 

You’ll Spend Your Time:

  • Collaborating with security architecture, IT, engineering, and infrastructure teams to drive remediation efforts.
  • Developing signatures used to detect observed and new threats in a cloud-first environment. 
  • Delivering detection and response capabilities across corporate and cloud assets.
  • Analyzing logs and other forensic artifacts from multiple sources (host, network, memory).
  • Developing and refining signatures used to detect observed and new threats.
  • Defining data requirements and specs for log ingestion for the SIEM.
  • Collaborating with teams across the company on projects designed to improve our overall security posture.

What You’ll Need:

  • Theoretical and practical knowledge of threat hunting in a cloud environment.
  • Excellent technical cybersecurity and engineering/development skills, with experience in using REST APIs to integrate disparate security technologies.
  • Experience responding to, leading, and remediating security incidents. 
  • Strong understanding of cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Knowledge of host-based analysis on Mac OS and Linux operating systems. 
  • Use case development/content development within a SIEM. 
  • Experience evaluating and deploying cybersecurity solutions in a public cloud environment (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). 
  • Information security certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, GREM, GCIA, etc.) 
  • Experience with Bash, Python, and Go. 
  • Familiarity with data analysis / data science techniques for threat detection. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or Information Technology. 

We’d be Lucky if You: 

  • Have worked within the DevSecOps Industry.

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We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!


About Snyk

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

Benefits & Programs

Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.

  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances

Top Skills

Bash
Go
Python

What the Team is Saying

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“I love being able to work cross-functionally with every single team at Snyk while directly impacting the overall performance and success of what our Snykers do best - helping customers develop securely. “
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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
1,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in.

Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start.

Why Work With Us

Every team member at Snyk contributes to our vision for a more secure digital world. No matter where we are in the world, we operate as one team and work together to shape the future of application security. We take immense pride in the diversity of our people, cultures, and experiences.

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