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Security Engineer: Detection and Response

Anthropic
greater london, england, united kingdom
1 month ago
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About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We aim for AI to be safe and beneficial for users and society. Our team is a growing group of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

We are pioneering new AI frontiers with the potential to greatly benefit society. Developing advanced AI involves risks that must be safeguarded against. We seek an exceptional Detection and Response engineer to monitor threats, investigate incidents, and coordinate responses. You will help shape our security capabilities alongside our research and security teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cybersecurity incident response across external attacks and insider threats involving all layers of our technology stack.
  • Develop and deploy tooling, potentially leveraging Large Language Models, to enhance detection, investigation, and response.
  • Create and optimize detection methods, playbooks, and workflows for rapid incident response.
  • Review metrics and procedures, driving continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with security and engineering teams across functions.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation.

You May Be a Good Fit If You

  • Have 3+ years of software engineering experience, with security background a plus, or 5+ years in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting.
  • Understand cloud environments and SaaS operations.
  • Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Can lead projects independently.
  • Quickly learn new languages and technologies.
  • Have experience handling security incidents and anomalies.
  • Know security tools like EDR, SIEM, SOAR.

Strong Candidates May Also Have Experience With

  • Security operations in Kubernetes environments.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL.
  • Analyzing attack behaviors and prototyping detections.
  • Threat intelligence, malware analysis, infrastructure as code, or forensics.
  • Experience in high-growth startups.

Additional Details

Application deadline:Rolling review.

Salary range:£240,000 - £325,000 GBP annually.

Education:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Location policy:Hybrid, at least 25% in-office presence.

Visa sponsorship:Available, with efforts to assist successful candidates.

We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and those who may not meet every qualification. Our work has significant social and ethical implications, and diverse perspectives are valued.

Why Join Us

We believe impactful AI research is big science, focusing on large-scale efforts aligned with our goals for trustworthy, steerable AI. Our collaborative environment emphasizes communication and high-impact research, including GPT-3, interpretability, multimodal neurons, and safety.

We offer competitive compensation, benefits, equity matching, generous leave, flexible hours, and a collaborative office space.

Job Details

  • Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type: Full-time
  • Function: Information Technology
  • Industry: Research Services


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