Security Engineer - Detection & Response
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.
Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
Participating in the on-call roster for security incident response.
Maintaining incident response documentation, participating in post-incident reviews, and contributing to incident reports.
Acting as an escalation point and incident coordinator for security incidents across Canva's systems.
Actively responding to security events from detection through to resolution, including the rollout of solutions and mitigations to prevent a recurrence.
Monitoring Canva's internal and production systems for possible attacks and intrusions.
Contributing to the knowledge and experience of your peers on the security team
Proactively run threat detection exercises and search for anomalous behaviour.
Building out and developing the tools and foundations for security incident alerting, management, communication, and response.
You're probably a match if you
You have experience in security incident response and coordinating investigations.
You’re confident in building and maintaining security tooling and infrastructure.
You're passionate about improving systems and processes to prevent future incidents.
You’re comfortable working with cross-functional teams and communicating clearly under pressure.
You bring empathy, humility, and generosity to everything you do.
About the team/ Security Group
Canva's goal is to create the world's most trusted platform, which makes security a top priority. The Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) team plays a critical role in safeguarding Canva's systems, data, and the information our users entrust to us. The DFIR team supports Detection & Response's mission to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks against Canva, Canvanauts and Canva users. We engage in both proactive and reactive activities to prevent, detect, and respond to security threats.
We are seeking an experienced incident responder to join the DFIR team. In addition to the technical aspects of the role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the future of our DFIR team, providing technical investigation and incident coordination experience, and contributing to a culture where we work with empathy, humility, and generosity. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry, driving initiatives that enhance Canva's security posture and the Incident Response team's capabilities.
The Security Group, under which Detection & Response sits, is responsible for protecting Canva systems and data from information security threats. Our teams work together and with other groups to deliver preventative and detective controls and processes that reduce security risk across the business. The group runs programmes across Internal Corporate Security, Identity and Access Management, Application Security, Risk Management, Threat Intelligence, Red Team, and Threat Detection and Response domains.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
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Security Engineer - Detection & Response
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.
Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
Participating in the on-call roster for security incident response.
Maintaining incident response documentation, participating in post-incident reviews, and contributing to incident reports.
Acting as an escalation point and incident coordinator for security incidents across Canva's systems.
Actively responding to security events from detection through to resolution, including the rollout of solutions and mitigations to prevent a recurrence.
Monitoring Canva's internal and production systems for possible attacks and intrusions.
Contributing to the knowledge and experience of your peers on the security team
Proactively run threat detection exercises and search for anomalous behaviour.
Building out and developing the tools and foundations for security incident alerting, management, communication, and response.
You're probably a match if you
You have experience in security incident response and coordinating investigations.
You’re confident in building and maintaining security tooling and infrastructure.
You're passionate about improving systems and processes to prevent future incidents.
You’re comfortable working with cross-functional teams and communicating clearly under pressure.
You bring empathy, humility, and generosity to everything you do.
About the team/ Security Group
Canva's goal is to create the world's most trusted platform, which makes security a top priority. The Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) team plays a critical role in safeguarding Canva's systems, data, and the information our users entrust to us. The DFIR team supports Detection & Response's mission to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks against Canva, Canvanauts and Canva users. We engage in both proactive and reactive activities to prevent, detect, and respond to security threats.
We are seeking an experienced incident responder to join the DFIR team. In addition to the technical aspects of the role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the future of our DFIR team, providing technical investigation and incident coordination experience, and contributing to a culture where we work with empathy, humility, and generosity. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry, driving initiatives that enhance Canva's security posture and the Incident Response team's capabilities.
The Security Group, under which Detection & Response sits, is responsible for protecting Canva systems and data from information security threats. Our teams work together and with other groups to deliver preventative and detective controls and processes that reduce security risk across the business. The group runs programmes across Internal Corporate Security, Identity and Access Management, Application Security, Risk Management, Threat Intelligence, Red Team, and Threat Detection and Response domains.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.