Threat Detection and Response Engineer
Whatnot, Remote (US)
The role
- Apply comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of Incident Response concepts, principles, and technical capabilities
- Collaborate across Information Security and business partners to ensure effective, precise, and rapid response
- Act as the point of escalation from within the Incident Response team to drive all cyber incidents
- Identify new detection opportunities, create playbooks, and support new technology implementations to defend against evolving threats
- Maintain awareness and understanding of the current threat landscape. Analyze threat intelligence with the aim to mitigate potential risks
- Report the overall health of the SOC via metrics, OKRs, and risk indicators to leadership
- Provide Incident Response (IR) support when analysis suspects security incidents to help contain and eradicate threats;
- Investigate, document, and report on cyber security issues