Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
$121,000 - $198,000
Security
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
4+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to join their Incident Response team. This role is crucial in protecting LinkedIn's infrastructure, applications, and member data.

The position requires an experienced security professional with a strong background in incident response and security monitoring. You'll be responsible for leading incident investigations, developing playbooks, and improving response processes. As a senior team member, you'll mentor junior engineers and lead large-scale incident responses.

The role combines technical expertise with leadership responsibilities. You'll work with various teams across LinkedIn, including PR, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering, to ensure comprehensive security coverage. The position requires strong analytical skills, experience with security tools and technologies, and the ability to handle complex security incidents.

Key responsibilities include triaging security alerts, conducting forensic investigations, and enhancing incident response platforms. You'll also participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving team processes and capabilities.

LinkedIn offers a competitive compensation package and a hybrid work environment based in Mountain View, CA. The company values trust, care, inclusion, and fun, creating an environment where everyone can succeed. This is an opportunity to join a leading tech company and make a significant impact on protecting millions of users' data and privacy.

The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of information security experience, with at least 3 years in incident response. Experience with SIEM solutions, EDR tools, and system-level analysis across different operating systems is essential. Knowledge of forensics, threat hunting, and scripting abilities are highly valued.

Join LinkedIn's Information Security team to help protect the world's largest professional network while working with cutting-edge security technologies and talented professionals. Your work will directly contribute to maintaining the trust of LinkedIn's global member base and ensuring the platform's security integrity.

Last updated 17 days ago

Responsibilities For Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

  • Independently triage security alerts and incident reports
  • Investigate incidents using available resources, forensic and threat hunting skills
  • Drive small to medium scale incidents with multiple team members and partner teams to closure
  • Conduct host, network, and log analysis in support of incident response investigations
  • Enhance our in-house incident response platforms and build new capabilities
  • Participate in oncall activities
  • Work with partner teams including: PR, HR, Legal, Compliance, Investigations, Microsoft CDOC, Engineering, EPE
  • Provide feedback to detection engineering team about accuracy and quality of detections
  • Help uplift entire team by providing demonstration of new processes or training on systems

Requirements For Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

Linux
  • BA/BS degree in Information Security, CyberSecurity, Computer Science, or related technical disciplines, or equivalent practical experience
  • 4+ years experience in Information Security, with 3+ years experience in Incident Response
  • Experience with triaging security alerts
  • Experience with incident lifecycle and incident handling
  • Experience with log analysis
  • Experience with SIEM solutions
  • Experience with Windows and Unix operating systems logs
  • Experience with Web Server logs
  • Experience with EDR solutions
  • Experience with system level analysis - windows, linux, and mac

Benefits For Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
  • Hybrid work option

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