Who We Are
Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber threats. We’re a cyber security company who protects, supports and empowers organizations to make better security decisions so they can focus on their mission without fear of cyber threats.
The combination of our market-defining technology and expertise prevents breaches every day and sets a new standard for partnership in the industry. We’re united in our commitment to customers and grounded in our values, which earned us a place on the Forbes Best Start-up Employers 2022 list. If our mission resonates with you, let’s talk.
What We Believe In
- Do what’s right for the customer
- Be kind and authentic
- Deliver great quality
- Be relentless
Challenges You Will Solve
The Threat Hunting Team is the security operations face of Red Canary! We are the customer’s unique ally in helping secure their organization. Our team helps the customer understand the full scope of information available to them and make informed decisions about their environment. As the customer-facing role and voice of Red Canary’s day-to-day security interactions with our customer we play a myriad of roles.
We act as a trusted partner and an extension of our customers’ security teams to help them to understand and mature their overall security programs. When threats are detected in customer environments, we help by taking ownership of the customer's success and providing any resources they need to remediate and recover. And we proactively hunt for potential cyber threats in customer environments, using our findings to both inform customers and improve future detections.
What You'll Do
- Serve on a team who partners with customers, helping them understand the full scope of information available and make informed decisions about their security program
- Tailor communication to the customer’s level of expertise, providing education and information to help them understand the bigger picture and make educated decisions
- Identify, scope, and manage ongoing customer incidents, develop remediation plans, and augment the customer’s security gaps with the necessary skills and resources to improve their security maturity
- Immerse yourself in the customer’s environment enough to immediately recognize evidence of potential threats
- Partner with the Detection Engineering, Intelligence, and Research teams to further investigate identified or emerging threats relevant to our customers
- Augment the automated detection of Red Canary’s technical stack with human driven hunting, to identify anomalous behaviors within customer environments, and use your hunting results to drive innovation of Red Canary’s detection capabilities
- Proactively mentor other Threat Hunters by sharing knowledge, skills and experiences and helping them to grow and develop their own skills
What You'll Bring
- 6+ years of working in the cyber security industry
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex technical topics and findings to others
- Ability to successfully engage within high-pressure environments and build trust with customers
- Technical proficiency in Information Security controls including system-level controls, network controls, and security operations, across Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, and Identity
- Advanced knowledge of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities and one or more EDR products
- Foundational knowledge of Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) processes
- Ability to independently investigate and analyze alerts and threats for anomalous, suspicious, or malicious activity in a corporate environment and support remediation efforts
- Ability to independently and proactively search for potential cyber threats, including developing search criteria
- Desire to mentor others as they advance their technical skills
The targeted base salary for this role is $124,000 - $159,000 per year. This role is also eligible for participation in the company's bonus program, and eligible for a grant of stock options, subject to the approval of the company's board of directors. This is a pipeline role in which we accept applicants on an ongoing basis.
Benefit Highlights:
- 100% Paid Premiums: Red Canary offers a 100% paid plan option for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents. No waiting period.
- Health & Wellness - Access to mental health services, Employee Assistance Program and additional programs to incentivize healthy habits.
- Fertility Benefits: All new hires are eligible for benefits as of their first day.
- Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge including vacation, sick, bereavement, jury duty, and holidays.
- Paid Parental Leave- Full base pay to bond/care for your new child.
- Pre-Tax Plans - Red Canary offers a variety of plans to fit you and your dependent specific needs including FSA, HRA and HSA, with employer funding to offset out of pocket health care expenses.
- Flexible Work Environment- With 60% remote workforce, Canaries can work virtually from almost anywhere in the US.
Why Red Canary?
Red Canary is where people embody our mission to improve security outcomes for all. People work hard to maintain a culture that encourages authenticity in order to do your best work. Our people are driven and committed to finding the best security outcomes, delivering real and actionable answers, and being transparent along the way.
At Red Canary, we offer a very rich benefits program to our full-time team members so they can focus on their families and improving our customers’ security. For a full list of benefits, please review our Benefits Summary:
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Individuals seeking employment at Red Canary are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
