Senior Threat Detections Engineer, Reddit
Reddit Security Intelligence Center
$145.7-218.6k
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$145.7-218.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience analyzing data, writing detections, and leading security incident response
- Hands on expertise with Splunk SIEM & SOAR solutions, with deep experience in developer Risked Based Alerting (RBA)
- Proficient in threat hunting hypothesis forming and evaluation, and evidence gathering and coalescence
- Technical depth in one or more specialties including: application security, cloud infrastructure security, digital forensics, malware analysis, threat hunting or some combination thereof
- Strong understanding of security vulnerabilities, attacker exploit techniques, and methods for their remediation
- Deep knowledge of various endpoint operating systems, security tools, cloud providers, and architecture designs
- Demonstrated knowledge of security data pipeline architecture designs
- Relevant industry certifications from SANS, SIEM vendors, etc
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills
- Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
What the job involves
- The Reddit Security Intelligence Center (RSIC) is seeking a Lead Threat Detections Engineer
- Identify and implement high-quality detections, playbooks, and solutions that improve Reddit’s detection and response capabilities
- Evaluate the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research, coordinating detection and response as necessary
- Drive actionability to detections and take feedback from incident response across multiple cross-functional teams
- Work alongside and mentor engineers to improve security and reduce risk
- Influence the collection of telemetry and observability spanning sources like endpoints (Mac, Windows, Linux), Cloud (AWS and GCP), Kubernetes, and SaaS applications
- Keep your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape
- Participate in an on-call rotation (high fidelity detections matter)
Our take
Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.
The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.
Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
- Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal & professional development funds
- Paid volunteer time off
- Workspace & home office benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(Co-Founder & CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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