Detection & Response Engineer | BitMEX | Remote (American Samoa)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">BitMEX is the world’s leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, which has pioneered cryptocurrency trading through relentless commitment to change, and continues to set benchmarks for innovation, liquidity, and security today.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As the world’s most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform and API, BitMEX gives knowledge, confidence, and precision to hundreds of thousands of traders, transacting billions of USD a day.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Overview</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are looking for a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to join us in the Security Response Team here at BitMEX. If you have a keen eye for detail and believe that successful Security Response activities begin with proactive hunting and competent engineering, we want to talk to you.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This is a remote position for the Asia Pacific region. <strong class=" font-semibold">Occasional overnight and weekend on-calls are required for this role.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Responsible for threat detection and monitoring of high fidelity security alerts (that you will have a hand in defining)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead Incident Response activities to resolve security incidents and minimize risk for the organization</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Identify security gaps and implement constant improvements to our security stack, including vulnerability management</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Communicate effectively with lines of business and clients to address complex information security issues</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years of experience working in a <strong class=" font-semibold">security operations role</strong> and experience handling security incidents from triage to remediation</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with dealing with a <strong class=" font-semibold">SIEM tool</strong> such as Splunk or ELK</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as <strong class=" font-semibold">Amazon Web Services</strong></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong knowledge of <strong class=" font-semibold">Security frameworks</strong> such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK and how they can be used to understand and defend against cyber attacks.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiar with shell scripting, or another scripting language such as <strong class=" font-semibold">Python</strong></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Those will less experience will be considered for a Detection and Response Engineer position</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>#LI-CH1</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Join us, as we build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem through strategic investments in emerging cryptocurrency technology, and create the future of digital financial services.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As the world’s most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform and API, BitMEX gives knowledge, confidence, and precision to hundreds of thousands of traders, transacting billions of USD a day.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Overview</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are looking for a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to join us in the Security Response Team here at BitMEX. If you have a keen eye for detail and believe that successful Security Response activities begin with proactive hunting and competent engineering, we want to talk to you.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This is a remote position for the Asia Pacific region. <strong class=" font-semibold">Occasional overnight and weekend on-calls are required for this role.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Responsible for threat detection and monitoring of high fidelity security alerts (that you will have a hand in defining)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead Incident Response activities to resolve security incidents and minimize risk for the organization</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Identify security gaps and implement constant improvements to our security stack, including vulnerability management</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Communicate effectively with lines of business and clients to address complex information security issues</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years of experience working in a <strong class=" font-semibold">security operations role</strong> and experience handling security incidents from triage to remediation</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with dealing with a <strong class=" font-semibold">SIEM tool</strong> such as Splunk or ELK</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as <strong class=" font-semibold">Amazon Web Services</strong></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong knowledge of <strong class=" font-semibold">Security frameworks</strong> such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK and how they can be used to understand and defend against cyber attacks.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiar with shell scripting, or another scripting language such as <strong class=" font-semibold">Python</strong></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Those will less experience will be considered for a Detection and Response Engineer position</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>#LI-CH1</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Join us, as we build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem through strategic investments in emerging cryptocurrency technology, and create the future of digital financial services.</p>