Detection and Response Engineer, South East Asia

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.

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.

Overview

We are looking for a 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.

This is a remote position for the South East Asia regions. Occasional overnight and weekend on-calls are required for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for threat detection and monitoring of high fidelity security alerts (that you will have a hand in defining)
• Perform Incident Response activities to resolve security incidents and minimize risk for the organization
• Identify security gaps and implement constant improvements to our security stack
• Communicate effectively with lines of business and clients to address complex information security issues

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations role and experience handling security incidents from triage to remediation
• Experience with dealing with a SIEM tool such as Splunk or ELK
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services
• Strong knowledge of Security frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK and how they can be used to understand and defend against cyber attacks.
• Familiar with shell scripting, or another scripting language such as Python
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision

Join us, as we build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem through strategic investments in emerging cryptocurrency technology, and create the future of digital financial services.