Senior Security Solutions Engineer, Expel
$122.4-177.5k
+ variable eligibility and equity
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Cyber security threat detection & management
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Cyber security threat detection & management
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$122.4-177.5k
+ variable eligibility and equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve.
Role
Who you are
- You’ve spent 7+ years in security, at least half of it in a technical, customer-facing role — ideally consultative. You’ve got real depth across three or more security product spaces (EDR, NDR, SIEM, cloud, you name it) and you can reason about the tradeoffs teams make in security operations
- Just as important: you’re a genuinely good communicator who can shift from talking shop with a practitioner to briefing a customer’s senior leadership without missing a beat
- Sharp root-cause analysis and troubleshooting — you diagnose complex technical issues completely and accurately
- A firm grasp of the cybersecurity market: the products, the providers, and their real strengths and weaknesses
- Fluency in security controls across Windows, Unix/Linux, AWS, GSuite, O365, and network gear
- A solid handle on attack vectors, threat tactics, attacker techniques (think ATT&CK), and the attack lifecycle
- Strong consultative instincts — active listening, conflict management, negotiation, and knowing when (and how gracefully) to escalate
- An intrinsic drive to self-assess and keep getting better
- A bachelor’s degree and/or relevant certifications are a plus, but we care more about what you can do than where you learned it
What the job involves
- Give you broad exposure to the technology, architecture, integrations, and security operations behind an MDR platform
- Put you close to customers and the technical problems security teams are solving every day
- Give you the opportunity to become a trusted technical resource across Customer Success, Security, Detection & Response, and Engineering
- Let you solve complex technical problems while also building documentation and processes that make the entire organization more effective
- Surround you with curious security practitioners who genuinely enjoy sharing what they know
- Give you room to mentor others, sharpen your own technical depth, and continuously improve how we support our customers
- Be the go-to escalation point for CS — responding quickly and accurately to ad-hoc technical questions from CSMs, TAMs, and TSEs so no one’s left waiting
- Hop on customer calls when the moment calls for deep technical expertise, backing up the CSM or TAM who owns the relationship
- Hunt down knowledge gaps and turn them into great documentation — authoring, reviewing, and continuously sharpening technical and process content
- Partner with teams across Security, Detection & Response, and Engineering to pull knowledge into the team and operationalize it
- Curate internal and external knowledge repositories and point people to self-service answers when that’s the faster path
- Enable other teams — especially CSM, TAM, and Technical Support — so the flood of inbound questions gets smaller over time
- Coach and mentor less experienced teammates, and keep clean records of inquiry volume so the team can prioritize what matters
Our take
As ransomware and hacking threats rise, identifying and resolving breaches in security must be done quickly. Lack of transparency in cybersecurity makes it difficult for engineers to detect, understand, and fix the issues as fast as possible. Expel is aiming to redefine what a security operations centre and managed detection service look like in the modern age.
Though the company faces competition from the vast number of cybersecurity platforms, Expel positions itself as a viable alternative to the service delivery model of managed security service providers (MSSPs) by offering a comprehensive management platform that connects to its customers’ tech remotely through APIs, providing fast detection and clear solutions.
Having reached unicorn status, the company is establishing a stronger presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets, capturing business in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Its 2022 funding is being used to accelerate sustainable growth, continue the company's international expansion, and push forward with go-to-market initiatives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2022
$31m
SERIES E
Nov 2021
$140.3m
SERIES E
Total funding: $288.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Unlimited time off - includes vacation, personal days, and an annual company-wide restorative day
- 24 weeks parental leave when you, your spouse or your domestic partner gives birth to a child, adopts a child or becomes a foster parent (first 12 weeks paid)
- Military leave
- Paid annual conference - we reimburse you up to $2,500 to attend at least one conference every year that helps you move your career forward
- One month sabbatical after hitting your 5 year anniversary
- Zero-meetings week each quarter - where all Expletives are challenged to reduce the number of internal meetings on their calendar all the way to zero
- Medical insurance through the Cigna Open Access Plus HRA plan
- Dental & vision insurance through Guardian
- Team touchdowns - Expel Teams are encouraged to come together quarterly for planning, for connecting, for energizing and maybe a little fun
- Fitness stipend
- Cell phone stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Telemedicine (Cigna’s Telehealth Connection)
- Access to the popular mental health platforms, Ginger and Talkspace
- BenefitHub - a web portal where Expel employees can enjoy discounts, cash back rewards and perks on thousands of brands in a variety of categories!
- Retirement 401(k) account provided by Principal
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Cigna)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Student loan refinancing
Company HQ
Herndon, VA
Leadership
Dave Merkel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previous CTO of both FireEye and Mandiant (also VP, Products and Threat Management Services). Previously worked as the Senior Technical Director at America Online and for the US Air Force as an Assistant Chief of Intrusion Invasions.
Justin Bajko
(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Previous Managing Director (MCIRT Operations) at Mandiant and Senior Manager of Global Security Analysis at Symantec. Previously worked as a Network Administrator at Clinical Trial Management Services, and was a Network and Systems Administrator at MiniFibers.
Yanek Korff
(Co-Founder & COO)Previous COO at Expel. Current Board Member at ThreatSwitch and Investor at Berg Capital Group. Previous Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Ntrepid Corp and CP an CTO at FireEye.
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