Security Engineer - Incident Response

Squarespace is looking for a Security Engineer with a focus on Investigations and Incident Response to join a dedicated team responsible for monitoring and responding to attacks on our platform. You'll partner with teams across the organization as you investigate security events specific to our platform and corporate environment. 

This is a hybrid role working from our Dublin office 3 days per week and you will report to the Detection and Response Manager.

You’ll Get To…

• You will investigate security events through our SIEM and SOAR technology
• Design alerts to monitor both our customer and corporate environments for anomalous behavior
• Share insights gleaned from SOAR case work with relevant security team members in order to drive more security feature implementation to the product or corporate environment
• You will respond to ongoing incidents, investigate historical compromises, and provide adept analysis and findings
• Establish strategies for threat detection, alerting, and response
• You will initiate reactive threat hunting engagements by performing endpoint, network, application, and log analysis
• Establish processes and build 'playbooks' of operational response to security events and/or incidents
• Familiarity with Threat Intelligence and keeping up-to-date on modern threats and InfoSec news
• Build and support security-focused tools and services
• Provide Mentorship and technical expertise to junior team members to assist their technical development

Who We’re Looking For 

• 5+ years experience in the security industry
• Certifications (preferred not required): OSCP, OSCE, OSWP
• Experience working with SIEM and SOAR technologies
• Knowledgeable of cloud & container security, and infrastructure as code
• Working understanding of malware analysis, reverse engineering, and host-based and memory forensics
• Proficiency in programming or scripting languages (preference to Python, Go, JavaScript, or Bash) is a plus
• Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP/HTTPS) and how to keep them secure
• Familiarity with red & purple team exercises, adversary resilience, and cyber deception
• Experience working with cloud technologies (eg. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, etc.) and Networking and Web Application security

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner and your dependent children including medical, dental, and vision
• Life and Income Protection
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Pension benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 26 weeks paid maternity leave & 12 weeks paid paternity leave
• 2 weeks paid family care leave
• Annual Tax-Free Stipend
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Free lunch and snacks
• Close proximity to cultural landmarks such as Dublin Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral

Cash Compensation Range: €70,000 - €107,800 EUR

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors. 

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal. For more information about our company, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process.

Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.

If you plan to use AI in any capacity during your candidate journey, please review our Candidate AI Policy.