Security Operations Engineer I

StubHub•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$165,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Security Operations team owns incident response, threat detection, SIEM engineering, log management, and third-party security risk forming the frontline defense for StubHub's global operations. As a Security Operations Engineer you will bring deep hands-on experience in incident response and threat detection. You will help extend the existing tooling, automation, and detection infrastructure that enables the team to operate at scale. This is not a purely operational role; we are looking for an engineer who writes production-quality code to solve security problems, architects detection pipelines, and help mature StubHub’s SOC-less approach to Detection & Response. You will work closely with Cloud and Infrastructure Security, Identity Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders. Your work will directly shape how StubHub detects, responds to, and learns from threats.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or a related discipline
Demonstrated, hands-on experience leading incident response efforts, including complex, multi-system investigations
Strong threat detection engineering experience: writing detection rules, tuning alerts, building correlation logic, and reducing false positive rates at scale
Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (Python strongly preferred; Go, Ruby, or Bash also relevant) — you regularly write code to solve security problems, not just configure tools
Deep familiarity with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, ELK, Chronicle, Panther, or similar) including query languages and datra data onboarding.
Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and the associated log sources, threat models, and detection strategies
Strong understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); experience mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to convey technical risk clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience operating in a SOC environment, either in-house or as part of an MSSP
Familiarity with SOAR platforms and automation-driven response workflows
Experience with threat intelligence platforms and operationalizing threat feeds into detection pipelines
Prior involvement in third-party or vendor security risk programs
Experience at high-growth technology companies or marketplaces where scale and velocity present unique security challenges
Familiarity with data engineering concepts — streaming pipelines, schema design, log normalization — applied to security contexts
Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCIA, GCFE, OSCP, or equivalent) are a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate security incident response end-to-end: detection, triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review
Develop and maintain incident response playbooks
Drive root cause analysis and translate findings into durable improvements to detection and prevention capabilities
Act as an escalation point for complex or high-severity incidents across the organization
Design, build, and tune detection rules, event correlation logic, and behavioral analytics across cloud, endpoint, network, and application data sources
Assist in maintaining a threat model for StubHub's environment and mapping detection coverage to the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Proactively hunt for threats and indicators of compromise across the environment
Collaborate with red team and pen test partners to validate detection coverage and identify gaps
Continually improve SIEM capabilities including data ingestion pipelines, normalization, enrichment, and alerting workflows
Own log collection strategy: define what gets collected, at what fidelity, and for how long across cloud providers, SaaS applications, endpoints, and internal services
Write and maintain parsers, ETL pipelines, and data transformation logic to ensure high-quality signal in the SIEM
Own and operate security tooling where needed (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, etc.)
Write internal software in Python, Go, or similar to automate detection, response, enrichment, and reporting workflows
Build integrations between security tools, internal APIs, and third-party services to accelerate analyst workflows and reduce mean time to respond
Develop dashboards, metrics, and reporting to communicate operational health and coverage to security leadership
Contribute to shared security infrastructure and internal libraries used across the security engineering organization
Support the third-party security program by evaluating vendor security posture, reviewing assessments, and triaging risk findings
Build or maintain tooling to automate third-party risk intake, tracking, and reporting
Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, and Engineering to ensure third-party risks are identified and remediated appropriately