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As a Security Operations Specialist on the Security Operations team, you'll defend Coinbase and its customers against some of the most sophisticated attackers in the world. This team - spanning CDRE, Insider Threat, Blockops and Threat Intelligence - protects billions of dollars in digital assets while scaling security coverage for the next billion crypto users. You'll own frontline incident response, build detection and automation capabilities, and partner across the organization to keep Coinbase safe as it launches new Web3 products globally.
What you'll do:
- Own second-line triage and response for security alerts, leading incident management through resolution and driving post-incident improvements
- Build and maintain runbooks for repeatable response patterns, then define and implement automation to eliminate manual toil
- Partner with teams across Security Operations to develop monitoring strategies informed by attacker investigation findings
- Drive Security monitoring and incident response for emerging Web3 product launches
- Strengthen team capabilities by mentoring peers, sharing knowledge, and participating in 24/7 rotational coverage across time zones
Required Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years of hands-on security operations experience including incident response, alert triage, and network/host forensics across cloud, SaaS, and container environments
- Demonstrated ability to identify detection gaps and build coverage across diverse log sources (cloud platforms, SaaS applications, container orchestration, M&A integrations)
- Proficiency scripting automation workflows that reduce manual investigation and response time (Python, Bash, or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) sufficient to analyze host and network-level artifacts
- Experience working with SIEM platforms and threat intelligence tooling at scale, including tuning alerts and improving signal-to-noise ratios
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77687
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Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of hands-on security operations experience including incident response, alert triage, and network/host forensics across cloud, SaaS, and container environments
- Demonstrated ability to identify detection gaps and build coverage across diverse log sources (cloud platforms, SaaS applications, container orchestration, M&A integrations)
- Proficiency scripting automation workflows that reduce manual investigation and response time (Python, Bash, or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) sufficient to analyze host and network-level artifacts
- Experience working with SIEM platforms and threat intelligence tooling at scale, including tuning alerts and improving signal-to-noise ratios
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
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Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy, and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and fast, free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community, we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.
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