Manager, Security Engineering, Detection & Response

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Security teams protect the trust and safety of our global community by securing the systems and data that power Snapchat. We safeguard hundreds of millions of Snapchatters every day, ensuring that every product and service is built on a foundation of security and resilience. Our values guide everything we do - from how we anticipate and mitigate threats to how we collaborate across Snap. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

​We’re looking for a Security Engineering Manager to lead our Detection & Response team here at Snap!

What you’ll do:

• Identify opportunities and assume direct ownership of multi-year, high-impact initiatives which scale our security monitoring efforts in a cost effective manner

• Ensure that security monitoring infrastructure, investigation tooling, and automation systems we build consistently demonstrate high technical quality and operational excellence

• Make judicious prioritization decisions that balance short term goals vs. long term security outcomes, team productivity, operational posture, and system health

• Directly participate in D&R operations, investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents

• Work closely with multiple Snap Inc. teams during security incidents and drive response efforts

• Align the team’s direction with the strategic goals of the organization and participate in quarterly/annual planning exercises

• Facilitate effective collaboration across different stakeholders, dependencies and cross-organizational partners

• Invest in your team members’ career growth, use effective performance management tools, and build mechanisms to delegate execution and ensure excellence

• Recruit high caliber engineers to your team and build an engaging, collaborative, and productive team which positively influences the culture of the broader organization

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proven experience in one or more of the following detection and response areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection, threat intelligence

• Development skills in Python, Go, and/or Java

• Advanced knowledge of operating system internals, and a core competency in two or more of the following: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform
   

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field

• 8+ years of post- bachelor’s industry experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ years of post-grad security experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4 years of post-grad security experience 

• 1+ year(s) of experience as an Engineering Manager

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge in threat hunting and developing logic to automate threat detection and incident response

• Familiarity with cloud-based services and infrastructure (Google Cloud, Workspace, AWS, etc.)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail

• Practical experience in a BeyondCorp model

• Work record of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all