Sr Incident Response Engineer

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.

Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.

The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.

WHAT WE DO:

The Security Operations team at The Trade Desk strives to protect the people, process, and technology used to further the goals of the open internet. We are looking to hire a versatile Security Operations Engineer to join our Cybersecurity Department who will report within the Cybersecurity Incident Response Team and will be actively responding to cybersecurity incidents throughout the enterprise.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

Primary focus is to respond and investigate security incidents including monitoring and triaging security alerts and events in a timely manner.

Collaborate cross-functionally with teams to document, monitor and coordinate Incident Response processes.

Assist in maintaining Cybersecurity documentation repository including the creation and maintenance of playbooks.

Participate and/or lead incident post-mortems; able to synthesize lessons learned and provide best practice recommendations through comprehensive written reports.

Participate in an on-call rotation for a global organization.

Analyze and identify opportunities for automation and additional detections.

Perform proactive threat hunting to identify and combat new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Identify, assess, and respond to emerging threats and vulnerabilities including risk of likelihood and impact, using Threat Intelligence.

WHO YOU ARE:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent years of experience required. Certifications in Cybersecurity or related strongly preferred.

6+ years of experience in the Cybersecurity field, including incident handling/response experience

Understanding of technical aspects and tools of Cybersecurity

Working knowledge of common IT technologies and processes

Familiarity with common Cybersecurity and Information Technology frameworks and standards, such as MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT and ITIL

Understanding of risk management principles and methodologies

Ability to transform abstract requirements into cohesive actions

Excellent written & verbal communication skills – including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and organizational skills

Ability to multi-task and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment

Ability to collaborate in a team setting, as well as work independently

Conceptual understanding of software development methodologies

Knowledge of ISO27001/27002, PII, PHI, financial data regulations, data residency requirements, and international regulatory aspects pertaining to sensitive information is a plus

Experience with application security, SaaS, or cloud security is a plus

Experience with programming or scripting languages is a plus

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