About the job
This position is open to remote candidates across the U. S., with a preference for those located in the San Francisco/Bay Area or Seattle/Bellevue. U. S. citizenship is required.
Databricks is on the lookout for a highly skilled and strategic Senior Staff Security Engineer specializing in Incident Response to bolster our Incident Response team. In this critical role, you will make decisions that will significantly influence the long-term success of Databricks' security framework, crafting solutions that pave the way for future opportunities even when paths are unclear. Your contributions will be vital in shaping a multi-year technology strategy for key sectors of our business, involving multiple systems and teams, and consistently delivering large-scale projects aligned with corporate objectives.
The Incident Response team is dedicated to swiftly, effectively, and uniformly addressing security threats, incidents, and investigations to safeguard our customers, employees, and enterprise data. Utilizing Databricks' own platform for near-real-time log analytics, alerting, and forensics, we embody a philosophy of "Security for Databricks on Databricks." As a Senior Staff Security Engineer, you will tackle the most challenging Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) tasks, navigate complex, ambiguous problems, and enhance the organization’s efficiency through systems enablement, tool creation, or policy innovation.
Your Impact:
- Strategic Direction & Technical Vision: Influence the organization's roadmap and lead discussions on vital technology domains, fostering adoption and contributing decisions with long-term implications for Databricks' success.
- Incident Leadership & Crisis Management: Spearhead intricate investigations and impact assessments, executing crisis management through the Incident Management System (IMS). Collaborate with various stakeholders and convey findings to executive leadership, ensuring effective handling of significant security incidents with minimal operational disruption.
- Advanced Threat Management: Demonstrate expert knowledge across all cloud services utilized by Databricks (AWS, Azure, GCP), possessing a deep understanding of the architecture of essential business components and articulating their security and risk parameters. Propel the creation of a sophisticated threat detection and response program aimed at significantly reducing Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) to security incidents.
- Technical Innovation & Automation: Design scalable security solutions that leverage automation to enhance incident response efficiency and effectiveness.

