SOC Analyst, Cloudflare
Web performance and security platform
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Web performance and security platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help build a better Internet that is bold and ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- Strong understanding of internet protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE, BGP)
- Networking fundamentals are crucial for success
- Analysis of traffic for attack anomaly detection and creation of mitigation rules
- Experience handling attack mitigation with knowledge of L3/4 and L7 attacks
- Command line / Bash shell proficiency
- Customer Facing or Technical support experience is mandatory
- Strong communication skills, including with VIP customers during active attacks
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to work 24x7 rotating shifts
- Sysadmin skills - Linux, Mac, or Windows (Preferred)
- Knowledge of Cloudflare Security Products & Features (Preferred)
- Scripting skills, Python preferred (Preferred)
- Prometheus/Grafana monitoring experience (Preferred)
- Packet capture tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark (Preferred)
- API/GraphQL experience (Nice to have)
- Security certifications: GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, CISSP equivalent (Strongly preferred)
- Network certifications: CCNA, CCNP (Nice to have)
What the job involves
- Security Operations Center Engineers provide premium-level support for Cloudflare's security products and features
- Our largest and most technically sophisticated customers will contact SOC for assistance and intelligence in dealing with threats or attacks on their infrastructure at OSI Layers 3, 4, and 7
- This spans the range of Cloudflare security products from Magic Transit Infrastructure Protection, DDoS mitigation (including Advanced TCP Protection and Advanced DNS Protection), and Magic Firewall, to using the Web Application Firewall (WAF), Spectrum, Bot Management, API Security, and Rate Limiting to help customers
- Security Operations Center Analysts/Engineers analyze threats using customer-facing dashboards and internal tools, make detailed and informed suggestions for mitigation, and may implement mitigation strategies directly on behalf of the customer with appropriate approval
- The team provides 24x7x365 proactive monitoring via our internal alerting systems, near real-time analysis of security events, and attack reporting beyond Cloudflare's self-service reports
- Monitor and investigate proactive alerts to identify attacks
- Work with Engineering and Operations teams to mitigate attacks, suggest steps to mitigate, and apply the appropriate mitigation when applicable
- Work with Engineering and Product teams to improve products and tools
- Communicate with customers via chat, email, and phone
- Review alerts to determine relevancy and urgency; create tracking tickets for incidents requiring review or escalation
- Adhere to SOC SLAs for alert response and customer communication
- Configure and manage security monitoring rules; contribute to tool and threshold improvements
- DDoS mitigation for OSI Layers 3, 4, & 7: filter malicious traffic using Cloudflare tools including Magic Transit, Magic Firewall, Advanced TCP Protection, WAF, Custom Rules, IP Access Rules, and Rate Limiting
- Maintain customer-specific SOC runbooks and escalation matrices
- Support SOC customer onboarding and deliver monthly security reviews
Our take
Cloudflare is a multi-service global network that provides web security and infrastructure, DDoS mitigation services, and a content delivery network. Founded in 2009, Cloudflare has risen to become an industry giant, with over 25 million global internet properties on its network.
Cloudflare has been responsible for a number of admirable initiatives, offering free web protection to human rights groups, journalists, artists, and US election websites. This goes some way to counteracting the flak Cloudflare has received in some circles for the controversial groups and users who use its services. This chequered history, however, has not affected its over 80% market share in the content delivery network field.
This is perhaps in part because it has proven sharp at staying abreast of the rapidly morphing tech and digital space and customer demands. For example, Cloudflare is shifting to 100% renewable energy usage to create a zero-emissions internet, and in 2020 released a feature that would help users navigate data privacy regulations by selecting where their data is stored.
And impressive third-quarter 2025 results show strong momentum, with revenue rising to $562 million from $430 million a year earlier. The company also raised its full-year guidance, underscoring confidence in continued growth. As demand for secure, cloud-based infrastructure keeps growing, Cloudflare's expanding platform and improving efficiency leave it well positioned to capture further gains in a rapidly growing market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Take-what-you-need vacation: We encourage employees to find a comfortable work-life balance by taking as many days off as they need while still being able to perform their jobs satisfactorily. (We really mean it!)
- Paid maternity & paternity leave: Our global parental leave policy allows up to sixteen paid weeks of bonding leave time for all qualifying new parents.
- Employee benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pension plans in accordance with the market practice in our locations.
- Commuter program: We are flexible about where we work and value connecting at the office. Our commuter benefits program is in place to support team members' commute to work via public transportation without the extra cost burden.
- Wellbeing: Global offerings that provide mental health, childcare and family forming support to our employees across our offices.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Lee Holloway
(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)Lee began their career as an Engineer at Homewarehouse for a year before working at Unspam Technologies for 4 years. They co-created Project Honey Pot in 2004 and Cloudflare in March 2009, serving as Lead Engineer of both to present.
Michelle Zatlyn
(Co-Founder, President & Co-Chair)Having worked for Investor Economics and I Love Rewards for a combined 4 years, Michelle worked at Toshiba for 3 years as a Product Manager. She then co-founded Cloudflare in 2009 as COO, and has served as President since 2020. She is also a Board Member at Atlassian.
Matthew Prince
(Co-Founder & CEO)Matthew studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School before co-founding Unspam Technologies in December 2001, and Cloudflare in 2009, where he has served as CEO ever since.
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