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Coinbase · 2 days ago

Security Analyst, CSIRT

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$148K/yr - $174K/yr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

You’ll serve as the first line of response when a security alert needs to be triaged, and lead the incident response/ management as needed

You’ll also refine our alerting rules to improve our signal/noise ratio, because no one wants to be a button-pusher or SOC monkey

If something happens twice, you’ll write a runbook for it. If it happens three times, you’ll figure out a way to automate that runbook

You’ll partner with Trust & Safety and Threat Intelligence on some of our attacker investigations to build TTP profiles

You’ll have a clear communication strategy and be able to assist with Coinbase emerging Web3 launches around the lines of Incident Response and Threat Detection

You’ll be part of a light on-call rotation with counterparts in multiple time zones

You’ll lead a culture of excellence by mentoring peers and share knowledge

You’ll collaborate with cross functional teams like engineering, product development, compliance to ensure timely Incident Response

Qualification

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Incident ResponseMalware AnalysisThreat IdentificationLog AnalysisAutomationJupyter NotebooksArtifact AnalysisNetwork AnalysisHost AnalysisMulticloudSaaSContainer EnvironmentMnAs Log SourcesProblem-SolvingCommunicationEmpathyBlockchainCryptocurrencyPythonSqlSnowflakeSaas technologiesData analysisOsintThreat huntingAtt&ck frameworkAttacker methodologiesDetection enhancementAnalytical thinkingTeamwork

Required

You've been doing practical security things (incident response, phishkit/malware analysis, investigating account compromises, etc) for a while now, probably in the realm of 3+ years

You have got a knack for identifying threats and measuring coverage / visibility across a vast amount of log sources - Multicloud, SaaS, Container Environment, MnAs log sources

You are good in understanding and analyzing multitude of artifacts across network and host level

You consider 'Automation as a Force Multiplier', you prefer spending time in building automation so you don’t have to do manual work tasks

You don’t just reflexively open up a Jupyter Notebook during an investigation, you’ve actually got favorite Jupyter Notebooks you’ve built up over the years, because you like backing up your conclusions with data, and you like automating things

You frequently get praise from your peers and coworkers about your communication skills, both written and verbal

Your high degree of empathy means that your coworkers trust you to help solve their security problems, because you never come across as judgmental or condescending

Pressure doesn’t get to you, even in high intensity situations or environments

Preferred

You would bring a diverse perspective to the team: for example, maybe you took an unconventional route to get into your current security career

You’ve got a passing familiarity with blockchains and cryptocurrency, or at least a good story about how you thought about investing in Bitcoin in 2014 but decided not to

You’re comfortable doing some basic scripting and writing alert rules in Python and running queries in SQL/Snowflake

You’ve good understanding of Cloud and SaaS technologies

You are good in analyzing data at scale and perform investigations to identify adversary behavior

You’ve got some experience with OSINT and threat hunting

You‘ve got some experience doing incident response in the cloud

You’d prefer if everyone just settled on using the ATT&CK framework already

You have got experience in analyzing attacker methodologies and build detections that will enhance the existing security posture

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Company

Coinbase

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Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and cryptocurrency wallet platform that allows users to buy, sell, and store various cryptocurrencies.

Founded in 2012

San Francisco, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

http://www.coinbase.com

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