Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Required

• 6+ years of hands-on incident response and digital forensics experience.
• Experience commanding major security incidents involving multiple teams and competing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of attacker behavior and depth in several areas of identity, endpoint, cloud, network, or application security.
• Strong SQL/database understanding and log-analysis skills, and practical programming or scripting ability, such as Python. You can analyze large, messy datasets and build reliable tools that improve investigations and response, both with and without AI.
• An established AI-assisted workflow and actively develop AI-based systems and processes that improve incident coordination and case management.
• Clear communication and sound judgment when working with technical teams, executives, and sensitive information.
• An engineering mindset and a track record of turning incident response lessons into lasting improvements.
• A need to build: developing systems and workflows that improve incident response and connect with our broader investigation, automation, and case management capabilities.
• We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
• We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.
• While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
• Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.