Security Engineer

About Us:

Obsidian Security was founded in 2017 to solve the unaddressed blindspot of SaaS Security. SaaS applications provide the tools employees need to succeed and hold the business' most critical information. If those tools become unavailable or that data is jeopardized, there is a detrimental impact on the organization.

Obsidian proudly offers the industry's most comprehensive and powerful SaaS defense solution. We are committed to solving the challenge of SaaS Security for our customers as efficiently and effectively as possible.

We're a passionate team optimizing for impact by solving some of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity today. We listen closely to our customers, iterate quickly, and (over) deliver to delight them. Working at Obsidian means contributing to an industry-leading cybersecurity product in an environment where customer satisfaction, privacy, and data ethics are paramount.

Security Engineer - Threat Detection

We are looking for a talented staff Security Engineer to join us. As a staff Security Engineer, you will analyze and research ongoing identity threats and emerging risks in modern SaaS platforms. You will work as a subject matter expert and lead the evolution of the detection pipeline and core detection logic to secure customers' SaaS environments. You are expected to work inovatively and are fully empowered to drive positive change across teams to make an impact in detecting identity threats effectively and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Core detection logic research and development: perform threat modeling, design and build effective threat detection rules and models to uncover identity compromise, shortening the mean time to respond
• Data pipeline development: build and maintain the data pipeline to facilitate core detection logic to achieve high reliability, efficacy, and efficiency.
• Threat intelligence: research and build threat intelligence capability to enrich the product offering
• Cross-function initiative lead: drive positive product outcomes through cross-functional collaboration with other functional teams, across engineering, product, marketing etc.
• Threat hunting: conduct threat-hunting operations on-demand in complicated SaaS environments and drive product innovation in threat detection

Qualifications:

• Passionate in cybersecurity
• Experience in detection engineering and leading analysis of large datasets for threat-detection
• Experience applying machine learning models in threat detection problem space

Employee Benefits:

Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees' well-being, both at work and at home.

• Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
• Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
• Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
• 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
• Personal and professional development resources
• Comp range $130k - $180k

At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization.