Principal Engineer, Security Operations
Description For Principal Engineer, Security Operations
At DoorDash, we're building the industry's most scalable and reliable delivery network to support our three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and Dashers. The Principal Engineer, Security Operations will lead planning, development, and execution on Security Operations initiatives. This critical role is responsible for enhancing the organization's security posture by advising on security strategies to respond to evolving threats, leading security tool migration and implementation, conducting consultation for cross-functional partnerships, leading detection engineering, developing risk-based analytics for alerts, developing and executing log management strategies, and other duties requiring senior engineering and security subject matter expertise.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a senior information security strategist to develop and execute strategic roadmaps
- Providing subject matter expertise for information security incidents
- Conducting hands-on detection engineering for custom alerting
- Supporting security tool planning, architecture, acquisition, and implementation
- Leading security tool evaluations and vendor engagements
- Providing senior consultation for complex security challenges
The ideal candidate will have:
- 10+ years of experience in secure coding, alert development, detection engineering, incident response, and threat hunt
- Experience working with global partners in a follow-the-sun model
- Strong understanding of information security operations frameworks and standards
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
DoorDash offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with employer match, paid time off, parental leave, wellness benefits, and equity grants. The company is committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering local economies.
Join DoorDash to be part of a rapidly growing company that's expanding beyond food delivery to become the go-to platform for any and all goods.
Responsibilities For Principal Engineer, Security Operations
- Act as a senior information security strategist to develop and execute on strategic roadmaps for continuous improvement of the team's capabilities
- Provide subject matter expertise to support response to information security incidents
- Conduct hands-on detection engineering for custom alerting, including implementing risk-based analytics
- Support security tool planning, architecture, acquisition, and implementation
- Lead security tool evaluations, including vendor engagement and proof-of-concepts
- Provide senior consultation and execute solutions for complex security challenges impacting DoorDash networks, assets, technologies, customers, and merchants
Requirements For Principal Engineer, Security Operations
- 10+ years of experience in secure coding, alert development, detection engineering, incident response, and threat hunt
- Experience working with Global partners in a follow-the-sun model
- Experience partnering with engineering, vulnerability management, and red teams to secure diverse environments
- Experience providing technical leadership and guidance, and thinking strategically and analytically to solve problems
- Excellent understanding of information security operations related frameworks and standards (e.g., MITRE Att&ck and NIST)
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Led with a people-first approach, is able to facilitate a conversation rather than dictate it, and is empathetic to divergent viewpoints
Benefits For Principal Engineer, Security Operations
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Equity grants
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Commuter benefit match
- Mental health program
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