Security Engineer, Detection & Response - Monitoring & Triage

Block

Melbourne, Australia
Not specified; not specified; remote work, medical...
On-site
5+ years detection and response experience
Endpoint, cloud, and identity security investigation
Sql and log-query analysis skills
The Detection and Response Team identifies, investigates, and responds to threats across Block's endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS platforms

Job Summary

  • The Detection and Response Team identifies, investigates, and responds to threats across Block's endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS platforms.
  • This operational role involves owning daily security intake, pivoting across telemetry sources to build timelines, and turning recurring patterns into durable system improvements.
  • Candidates must have an engineering-first mindset to build detections and automate workflows that resolve routine work before it becomes toil.

Matching Summary

The Detection and Response Team identifies, investigates, and responds to threats across Block's endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS platforms.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, modern family planning

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years detection and response experience
  • Endpoint, cloud, and identity security investigation
  • SQL and log-query analysis skills
  • Attacker TTPs knowledge across macOS Windows Linux
  • Incident scoping containment and stakeholder communication

Nice-to-have

  • Threat intelligence and threat hunting experience
  • Malware analysis and forensic artifact collection
  • Human-in-the-loop automation or AI-assisted systems
  • Engineering mindset for eliminating manual patterns
  • Experience with cross-timezone collaboration

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years in detection response or incident response
  • Strong SQL and log-query analysis capabilities
  • Practical working knowledge of attacker TTPs on major OS platforms

Work Rights

Not specified

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