Key skills
Security operationsIncident responseIncident managementDigital forensicsThreat intelligenceThreat huntingDetection engineeringPythonScripting languagesSQLPandasCyber Kill Chain FrameworkMITRE ATT&CK FrameworkSecurity detection automationAWS servicesPrioritizationMultitaskingCalmness under stressAnalyticsAWSEC2LambdaS3RDSElasticsearch
About this role
Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. The Threat Detection and Response team is seeking a Security Engineer to automate security detection, respond to incidents, and enhance threat detection capabilities across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Perform investigations of security incidents using your knowledge of digital forensics and data analytics
- Use your coding, data analytics and investigation skills to hunt, detect and respond to threats
- Build automation and detection models to support identification of anomalous activity and response activities to mitigate threats at scale
- Hunt for threats in our corporate and production environments to proactively identify anomalous activity
- Work side by side with our engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions to help keep systems and information safe, and partner closely with partner teams to carry out complex investigations
- Identify gaps in our infrastructure, and work with business partners to gain visibility through logging and detection
- Collaborate well with cross-functional partner teams, such as Legal, Privacy, and Engineering for efficient, large-scale response
Requirements:
- 2+ years of hands-on in-depth knowledge and technical experience in security operations including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering
- Proficiency in Python or other scripting language
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch
- Self-motivated and creative problem-solver able to work independently with minimal guidance
- Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
- Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical high-stress situations with expediency
- Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills
- Knowledge and familiarity of the Cyber Kill Chain Framework and MITRE ATT&CK Framework and how these apply to the threat landscape
- Experience automating security detection and response
- Experience in AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS)