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Security Incident Response Developer
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Role overview
Join an incident response team in an early-career security role focused on investigating incidents and improving the systems used to respond to them. You’ll handle cases with support from experienced responders, take the lead on lower- and medium-severity events, and automate recurring work so the team can scale its response.
Responsibilities
- Investigate incidents from initial triage through evidence gathering, analysis, containment, and documentation. - Coordinate lower- and medium-severity response efforts, escalating serious events and supporting senior responders as needed. - Build playbooks and automated workflows for recurring incident types, working with engineering teams to improve response readiness. - Track incident patterns and metrics to help the team set priorities. - Maintain and improve security information and automation platforms, and develop detection rules informed by incidents and threat intelligence. - Participate in an on-call rotation and collaborate with privacy, fraud, and people teams on sensitive investigations.
Requirements
- At least three years of cybersecurity experience, including one to two or more years handling incident response investigations end to end. - Experience querying a SIEM and tuning alerts to identify meaningful activity. - Ability to coordinate people during incidents, judge when to escalate, and stay composed under pressure. - Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and investigation in cloud environments. - Ability to use AI coding tools to create and maintain automation, with a practical mindset for turning repeatable work into workflows. - Discretion with sensitive information and clear, inclusive communication across teams. - Curiosity and willingness to learn from experienced colleagues.
Benefits and work setup
- Hybrid team environment. - Health coverage and life insurance, employer-matched group savings, and 20 vacation days. - Additional wellness and sick leave, plus the option to work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year; some provisions may not apply to every role. - Employee resource groups.