Staff Security Engineer, Security Incident Response
1Password · Remote · Remote (United States | Canada) ·
COMPENSATION
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Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level role
- Fully remote (US/CA)
- AI-assisted automation
- Incident command
- Security engineering
As a senior technical leader, you will shape how the organization responds to security incidents and evolves its capabilities. You will build AI-assisted systems to extend the team's reach, lead responses to high-severity events, and own readiness programs like tabletop exercises.
This individual contributor role impacts how 1Password investigates, contains, and learns from security incidents. You will partner with cross-functional teams to close gaps and mature threat hunting and insider risk capabilities over time.
What you'll do
- Serve as incident manager and technical escalation point for complex events
- Design and build AI-assisted systems for triage, investigation, and containment
- Establish safety controls and auditability for automated actions
- Own readiness programs including tabletop exercises and incident gamedays
- Advance threat hunting and insider risk capabilities through roadmap delivery
- Mentor engineers to strengthen investigative judgment and engineering rigor
- Partner with other security teams to close gaps surfaced by investigations
What you'll need
- Significant experience leading high-severity security incidents as commander
- Experience building AI-assisted or agentic automation for security operations
- Strong software engineering skills for building production tooling and systems
- Proven ability to own and deliver multi-quarter security program roadmaps
- Deep understanding of cloud-native, SaaS, and identity-driven attack techniques
- Experience designing and running tabletop exercises or comparable readiness programs
- Strong communication skills for representing technical tradeoffs to leadership
Stack
- AI-assisted coding tools
- Cloud-native environments
- SaaS platforms
- Identity management systems
How you'll work
- Fully remote within Canada or the US
- Remote-first culture with required travel for offsites
- Travel frequency depends on role responsibilities
What you get
- Competitive health and dental benefits
- Generous paid time off policy
- Equity grant via RSU program
- Retirement matching program (401k or RRSP)
- Free 1Password account
- Paid volunteer days
- Maternity and parental leave top-up programs