Information Technology & Services, Software Development, Database Software

Incident Response Security Engineer

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Required skills

incident management
risk mitigation
detection use cases
automation
threat modeling
security logging platform
threats
attack vectors
detection mechanisms
attack surface management

Nice to have

open source projects
security certifications
cloud certifications

Role summary

ClickHouse is seeking an experienced Incident Response Security Engineer to join their Security Team. This hands-on role will focus on developing and implementing modern security processes and tooling to enhance detection and incident response capabilities. Responsibilities include creating automation for incident management, collaborating with cross-functional teams on detection use cases, applying threat modeling, maintaining the security logging platform, and staying current with emerging threats. The ideal candidate has a background in product security, red teaming, penetration testing, or threat modeling, combined with incident response experience, and strong knowledge of cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Significant development and automation experience, particularly with Golang and Python, is preferred.

The Security Team is responsible for providing key security capabilities covering application, cloud and enterprise security, incident response, detection and GRC. Our team is looking for an experienced, hands-on security practitioner, who will drive the adoption of modern security processes and tooling, with focus on supporting our detection and incident response capabilities.

What you will do:

Develop processes, tooling and automation to scale incident management response and mitigate risks to the business
Collaborate with other security functions, engineering, product, support, business operations to identify appropriate detection use cases and automation
Apply a threat modeling centric approach to incident detection and response
Maintain security logging platform
Stay up to date with the latest threats, attack vectors to improve our detection mechanisms and attack surface management
Handle information security events and incidents across the ClickHouse products and services

What you bring along:

Background in product security / red teaming / penetration testing / threat modeling, combined with incident detection and response experience
Strong knowledge of and experience with one or more cloud service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience securing large-scale customer-facing cloud infrastructures
Significant development and automation experience; preference for Golang and Python

Bonus Points:

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field
Previous contributions to open source projects
Security or cloud related certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Perks

Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 countries.
Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

Culture - We All Shape It

As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

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Equal Opportunity & Privacy

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