Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 1Password is a leading company in cybersecurity, known for its innovative enterprise password manager and Unified Access Management. They are seeking a Senior Security Engineer on the Incident Response team to lead complex security investigations and build systems that enhance response efficiency and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute security incidents end-to-end, from initial signal through containment, recovery, and post-incident review
- Assess severity, declare incidents, and drive structured coordination and decision-making during active response
- Perform hands-on investigations and threat hunting to determine root cause, attacker behavior, scope, and impact
- Design and build automation to reduce triage, investigation, and response time
- Develop scalable systems and workflows that improve incident response and incident management
- Identify recurring pain points and detection/response gaps, and implement durable engineering solutions
- Improve incident response playbooks, case management, and orchestration tooling
- Apply AI-assisted tooling to enhance triage, enrichment, and investigative workflows while maintaining accuracy
Skills
- An experienced incident lead who can independently drive complex investigations and coordinate diverse stakeholders
- A builder who enjoys improving systems, automation, and workflows – not just responding to alerts
- Calm and decisive under pressure, with strong judgment in ambiguous or high-severity situations
- Structured and organized, with strong project management skills to own complex projects
- A clear communicator who can translate technical findings into actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences
- A collaborative teammate who values blameless learning and psychological safety
- 5+ years of experience in security incident response roles, with 3+ years focused on security engineering and automation
- Proven experience leading complex security incidents in cloud-native or SaaS environments
- Experience building automation or internal tooling to improve security operations
- Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) and working with APIs or orchestration platforms
- Familiarity with applying AI/ML-assisted workflows to operational security use cases
- Strong understanding of modern attacker techniques and incident response methodologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-facing summaries
Benefits
- Immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others)
- Utilization of our generous paid time off
- An equity grant
- Where applicable, participation in our incentive programs
- Immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others)
- Utilization of our generous paid time off
- An equity grant
- Where applicable, participation in our incentive programs
- Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
- Generous PTO policy
- Four company-wide wellness days
- Company equity for all full-time employees
- Retirement matching program
- Free 1Password account
- Paid volunteer days
- Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs
- Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
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