Security Incident Response Manager

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

The Security Incident Response team is responsible for triaging and assessing the severity of incoming security alerts, responding with initial containment measures and escalating as needed to incident responders for further investigation and resolution. They analyze a variety of data sources to identify potential threats, collect requirements for operational enhancements to detection and response systems, and generally scale security processes. From external attacks to insider threats, our goal is to respond with speed and precision, remediate, and support the incident postmortem process. The team is distributed globally and regularly coordinates with stakeholders in North America, Europe, and Asia.

What it asks for · 8

• 5+ years experience leading Security Operations or Incident Response teams, including hands-on, technical management experience of security analysts or engineers
• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience in Security
• Experience recruiting, growing, and leading technical teams, including performance management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver operational or incident-related information to leadership
• Advanced knowledge of data analytics (e.g. logs for first or third party applications, system / data access events), network security, digital forensics, and incident response investigations
• Experience with Python and SQL, and/or familiarity with other programming languages
• Familiarity with operating systems, file systems, and memory on macOS, Linux, or Windows
• Strong understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

Also a plus

• Broad knowledge and experience across the information security domain, including familiarity with endpoint, email, network, identity management, cloud security, vulnerability management, incident response, and threat intelligence.
• Experience with engineering, data processing and analysis tools
• Familiarity with network observability, security software, or data engineering solutions (Chronicle, Tines, osquery, Splunk, etc.)

What the job covers

• Lead and support a team of security analysts, investigators, and responders who triage, assess, and respond to threats
• Provide technical guidance to the team, as a subject matter expert
• Influence the organizational mission and vision by ensuring prioritization and delivery of project work that is aligned with relevant security roadmaps
• Strengthen KPIs and metrics for measuring response operations effectiveness, for clear and consistent reporting to internal stakeholders
• Work cross-functionally with security engineering teams to gather requirements for analyzing and responding to security events data at scale while protecting Stripe networks, systems, and data from threats
• Develop, document, and implement strategies, runbooks, and capabilities to support the incident response process
• Continuously improve security processes and response capabilities by collaborating with security engineers and analysts
• Coach and mentor individual contributors, enabling career development and championing quality standards within the team

Degree language

• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience in Security

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• security20×
• experience8×
• incident response8×
• data7×
• requirements6×
• threats6×
• management5×
• systems5×
• familiarity4×
• network4×
• technical4×
• engineering3×
• responders3×
• security analysts3×
• support3×
• analysts investigators2×

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