Senior Security Engineer, Cybersecurity Incident Response
Cruise LLCAbout the role
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Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.
The Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT) builds detections, investigates cybersecurity events, leads internal security incidents and digital forensic investigations, and builds custom solutions to automate response. We play a key role in securing Cruise's autonomous vehicles, customers and environments, and are aspiring to do digital forensics and incident response better than any other company in the world.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
Triage alerts, and perform host and network log analysis
Perform digital forensic artifact collection and analysis
Lead complex security incidents involving partner teams within and outside of Security
Build high-utility detections as code
Lead complex projects centered on improving and automating detection and response
Draft comprehensive and polished documentation from design documents to incident reports
WHAT YOU MUST HAVE:
Experience responding to cybersecurity incidents in a corporate environment
Expertise in digital forensics, with artifact knowledge across Windows and/or macOS
Ability to maintain composure and organization in the midst of high-intensity incidents
Knowledge of core network protocols, with a demonstrated ability to query and analyze network logs in incidents and investigations
Coding/scripting proficiency in one or more languages, and the ability to pass a coding interview
BONUS POINTS!
Fluency in SQL for querying complex data sets
Expertise in static and dynamic malware analysis
Experience performing analysis within EDR solutions (i.e. Carbon Black, CrowdStrike Falcon)
Contributions to the security community (open source, public research, blogging, presentations, etc)
The salary range for this position is $140,800 - 207,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.
Why Cruise?
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Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 401(k) Cruise matching program
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
- One Medical membership
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
- Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
- Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care, and medical leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
- CruiseFlex, a working policy for US-Based Cruisers, lets you and your manager find the working style that’s best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home, or a combination of home and in-office time. - learn more about CruiseFlex here
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We’re Integrated
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Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
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We’re Funded
- GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Ou
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