Staff Information Security Engineer

We’re looking for problem solvers, innovators, and dreamers who are searching for anything but business as usual. Like us, you’re a high performer who’s an expert at your craft, constantly challenging the status quo. You value inclusivity and want to join a culture that empowers you to show up as your authentic self. You know that success hinges on commitment, that our differences make us stronger, and that the finish line is always sweeter when the whole team crosses together.

Position Overview

In this role, you will be joining an operations focused engineering team on the front line of protecting our products, infrastructure and applications. You will partner with internal stakeholders to drive security logging and detection engineering programs, implement state of art security technologies, build, and manage security platforms that help secure the brand and protect Alteryx products, infrastructure, and applications.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support security data engineering efforts involving architecting, designing and operationalization of ETL pipelines and data warehouse solutions such as Snowflake

• Drive threat detection engineering efforts to prevent, detect, contain, and manage security risks, assist with security incidents, investigations, and root-cause analysis

• Support security automation program to enable security teams to scale to handle growing workloads based on various business process automation requirements

• Drive security engineering initiatives to support threat management and security operations priorities
• Collaborate with internal customers to develop requirements and prioritize work projects based on outcomes that drive risk reduction and operational effectiveness

• Support peer and customer organizations in successful outcomes with respect to security requirements.

• Provide guidance and training to other team members and stakeholders on cloud security best practices and procedures

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in cloud security and incorporate new technologies and approaches as appropriate

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience/training, Master’s Degree in Computer Science a plus

• 8+ years’ experience in security engineering or various security roles with experience across the technology stack

• Ability to build out a security logging and monitoring capability that is based on automation and orchestration at scale

• Deep understanding in security logging best practices and strong experience in technologies such as Snowflake, Azure Sentinel, Splunk, ELK, Kafka, Spark, Pub/Sub, etc.

• Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and demonstrated ability to apply that knowledge to enhance threat detection, response capabilities, and security posture across the organization.
• Knowledge in developing ETL pipelines in and out of data warehouse using Python and Snowflake Snow SQL.

• Strong experience in operating in major cloud environments such as AWS, GCP or Azure and the security best practices
• Strong experience with DevOps tools and practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, OpenTofu or Ansible, and containerization technologies like Docker & Kubernetes.

• Experience in building and implementing security solutions such as SOAR, Email Security, EDR, DLP, Threat Detection Engineering, etc.

• Experience in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PowerShell or Shell script

• Knowledge of network devices, firewalls, IDS/IPS, TCP/IP protocols, and general network architecture

• CISSP/CISM, SANS, CNSE (Palo Alto Networks), CCNP, CCIE, or other Networking and Security certifications a plus

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.