Security Operations Engineer

4 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States Nextdoor Full time
Job Summary

Nextdoor is seeking a highly skilled Security Operations Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our security team, you will be responsible for monitoring and managing security tools and capabilities to ensure the integrity of our enterprise and product core platforms.

This role requires a deep understanding of security threats, vulnerabilities, and organizational best practices to mitigate them. The ideal candidate will have a proactive mindset, staying ahead of potential security issues, and solving security challenges with practical solutions.

As a Security Operations Engineer at Nextdoor, you will work closely with our engineering team to establish secure-by-default practices and application security monitoring. You will also lead incident response efforts, monitor and maintain vulnerability reporting and bug bounty programs, and conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor security infrastructure and identify suspicious activities
  • Analyze and respond to security alerts using data and security tools
  • Lead incident response efforts and execute the incident response strategy
  • Monitor and maintain vulnerability reporting and bug bounty programs
  • Triage vulnerability and threat notifications to determine priority and necessary remediation
  • Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify threats and reduce risk
  • Evaluate, implement, and maintain security controls across devices and cloud environments
  • Work closely with IT, DevOps, and Cloud Infrastructure to integrate security practices and tools
  • Build integrations and implementations of technologies to support security operations
  • Script and automate integrations, detections, and security reporting
  • Champion security by providing awareness training for new hires and employees
  • Stay informed about emerging threats and vulnerabilities and update security measures accordingly
  • Maintain detailed and up-to-date documentation of security procedures, policies, and protocols
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards

Requirements:

  • Experience with scripting languages, APIs, and integration for automation of security tasks
  • 3+ years of experience in a security operations and/or vulnerability management role
  • Deep understanding of Nextdoor's platform, developer processes, CI/CD integrations, and current mechanisms for security and configuration management
  • Lead the development and implementation of secure-by-default solutions across engineering
  • Serve as an SME and conduct threat modeling on new and existing products with engineering
  • Design and lead developer security training to enhance design and coding best practices
  • Maintain automated security testing tools and scripts within CI/CD pipelines
  • Evaluate and implement next-generation tools to embed security in development processes
  • Identify top threats across products and services and prioritize remediation efforts
  • Empathize with the full spectrum of our customers and our engineers by advocating for effective solutions that scale with the needs of our business and our customers
  • Foster security champions across engineering and product and enhance the shared security program
  • Participate in the on-call rotation for security and product incident response
  • Coordinate with internal teams to respond to incidents swiftly and effectively
  • Document incidents, response actions, and lessons learned to improve future responses
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
  • Models Nextdoor's values, including Earn Trust Everyday, Invest in Customer, Customer Obsessed, Experiment and Learn Quickly, and Act Like an Owner
  • Experience with macOS MDM and cloud-native environments, such as AWS or GCP, is required


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