What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Engineer, Detection & Response position at Grammarly?
Grammarly
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Grammarly offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds : plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture.
About Grammarly
Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company, and it is trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 teams. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.
The Opportunity
To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Security Engineer to join our Detection and Response (DART) team. As a key member of our organization, you will be instrumental in safeguarding our digital assets and ensuring our security posture remains robust against emerging threats. If you have a passion for cybersecurity, a keen eye for detail, and extensive experience in security operations, we want to hear from you!
As a DART engineer, you will :
- Design, implement, and fine-tune advanced detection mechanisms to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities within our environment proactively.
- Perform forensics and spearhead response efforts during security incidents. This includes triaging security alerts, taking relevant mitigation steps, and engaging with internal stakeholders to ensure swift resolution.
- Continuously tune our alerting rules to reduce false positives and enhance our signal-to-noise ratio, ensuring our detection systems are both effective and efficient.
- Participate in our team’s on-call rotation, providing expert guidance and rapid response to security incidents as they arise.
- Assist with the definition, creation, and maintenance of SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) detection rules and dashboards to provide clear, actionable insights.
- Streamline our security operations by authoring comprehensive runbooks, writing automation scripts, and building SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) capabilities to reduce manual intervention and improve response times.
- Improve our overall Incident Response process and ensure our readiness against adversaries.
- Actively work to burn down the detection backlog, enhancing our detection coverage and accuracy across all monitored systems and applications.
- Develop advanced detection strategies and tactics.
- Collaborate on project and roadmap planning.
Qualifications
Compensation and Benefits
We encourage you to apply.
At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer.
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