Remote Security Incident Response Lead

Summary

Join Wealthsimple, a fintech company in Canada, as they look for talented individuals to help achieve financial freedom by reimagining money management. The ideal candidate will have experience in the Security domain and be able to take ownership of investigations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in the Security domain
• 2+ years experience being an Incident Manager, taking ownership of investigations
• Understand how to turn noise into signals using a SIEM
• Some scripting ability (Python, Bash)
• Knowledge of and familiarity with cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Help take our security incident response capabilities to the next level by building relationships with Engineering teams, new playbooks and finding opportunities for automation
• Grow others in the art of Incident Response to support the program and increase consistency in outcomes
• Play a key role in building and shaping the Security Incident Response team
• Take the role of Incident Commander to bring incidents to resolution
• Help shape the direction of investment by informing the business of trends and relevant metrics
• Partner with our Security Engineers to monitor, refine, and expand our SIEM and SOAR platforms
• Coordinate with the Fraud and Privacy teams to investigate potential fraudulent and sensitive activity
• Participate in an on-call rotation for responding to security incidents, internal questions and operational support

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Top-tier health benefits
• Life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
• 20 vacation days per year
• Unlimited sick and mental health days
• $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year