Detection and Response Engineer

Benchling is a leading AI platform for biotech R&D, focused on revolutionizing the industry with structured scientific data and AI integration. The role of Security Response Engineer involves building a comprehensive security program, investigating security events, and enhancing incident response processes to protect sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Investigating security events across the organization using your experience and knowledge in multiple security domains (log analysis, digital forensics, or malware analysis)
• Creating, deploying and maintaining high signal threat detections based on your understanding of threat actor TTPs
• Enhancing incident response processes through documentation and research into best practices
• Coordinating multi-functional incident response during security incidents, assisting partner teams during non-security incidents
• Researching new detection mechanisms for attack vectors and techniques relevant to our space and presenting findings to both internal and external audiences
• Evaluating external tooling, developing new automation and tooling

Skills

• 1+ years experience in Detection and Response (Detection Engineering, Digital Forensics, Incident Response)
• Strong communicator with both words and data - you have experience communicating to a wide variety of stakeholders under varying conditions
• Experience as an incident responder responsible for leading multi-team incidents
• Technical innovation skills (you enjoy finding technical solutions, learning new technology, evangelizing security and privacy)
• Ability to move forward projects in ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
• Practical experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Comfortable with complexity in the short term but can build towards simplicity in the long term
• Some experience with cloud environments and automation
• Relevant development experience in at least one scripting language, preferably Python

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