Twitch

Security Incident Response Engineer

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2 days ago
Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$159k - $213k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the Security Incident Response Team’s on-call rotation.
  • Qualify alerts and reports as security incidents using established guidelines.
  • Evaluate the potential and realized impact of security incidents.
  • Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Create or participate in secure information-sharing groups.
  • Write and follow accountable, repeatable, measurable, and improvable incident response procedures.
  • Communicate security event timelines, impact, discovery, and response status to peers and leadership.
  • Coordinate incident response activities with affected teams.
  • Investigate, document, and implement agentic detection, enrichment, triage, response, and communication automations.
  • Lead lessons-learned discussions and help reduce recurring incidents across the business.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of relevant information security experience or an equivalent BS degree in Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Automation experience using Go, Python, Ruby, Shell, or Perl.
  • Ability to securely design and implement AI/ML-driven playbooks for common security operations.
  • Experience coordinating responses to security incidents.
  • Knowledge of security issues and the threat landscape.
  • Background in cloud, host, network, and application security.
  • Familiarity with incident response frameworks or lifecycle models such as NIST-800-61 and ISO/IEC 27035.
  • A BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Security, or a related technical discipline is a bonus.
  • Experience with streaming and content creation is a bonus.
  • Experience handling incidents in hybrid cloud environments such as AWS and GCP, including cloud telemetry analysis with CloudTrail, is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) and Amazon employee discount.
  • Maternity and parental leave.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Work location options include San Francisco, Irvine, or Seattle.
  • The role includes participation in an on-call rotation.

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Twitch

About Twitch

10,000+ employees

Twitch builds a live video streaming platform and tools for creators and viewers focused on gaming, music, and other interactive entertainment. It monetizes through advertising, channel subscriptions, Bits/cheers, and partnerships, and offers APIs and extensions for developers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Twitch was acquired by Amazon in 2014 and operates globally.

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