senior cybersecurity incident response engineer (Seattle, WA)
About The Position
The Incident Response Engineer Sr manages and conducts cybersecurity incident investigations across Starbucks, contributing to the company’s investigation and response to cybersecurity incidents. The role identifies, triages, and investigates potential security threats; coordinates incident containment, remediation, and root cause analysis; and conducts forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. It also develops and maintains response playbooks, runbooks, and standard operating procedures, and builds tools and automation to improve response speed and efficiency. The engineer serves as a mentor and escalation point for junior team members and models Starbucks’ principles of integrity, collaboration, and excellence. The successful candidate demonstrates ownership, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and a deep technical understanding of modern cybersecurity threats and protections. The role calls for collaboration across teams and the ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines. The position is onsite four days per week.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Information Technology, Information Security, or a similar discipline.
- At least 2 additional years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC), Incident Response, or similar capacity responding to alerts and/or incidents.
- Effective written and oral communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Deep technical understanding of modern cybersecurity principles.
- Demonstrated experience threat hunting for threat actor TTPs based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Ability to quickly learn new technology concepts.
- Understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements such as SOX and PCI.
- Strong collaboration mindset.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Passion for cybersecurity and self-driven commitment to becoming an expert.
Responsibilities
- Identify, triage, and investigate potential security incidents.
- Coordinate incident containment, remediation, and root cause analysis.
- Conduct forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.
- Create and maintain incident-response playbooks, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
- Design and develop tools and automation to streamline response work.
- Mentor junior team members and serve as an escalation point.
- Model Starbucks’ guiding principles and contribute to a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Other voluntary insurance benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Paid parental leave
- Family expansion reimbursement
- Paid vacation
- Sick time
- Eight paid holidays
- Two personal days per year
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match for eligible partners
- Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
- Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
- Incentivized emergency savings
- Financial well-being tools
- 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
- Student loan management resources
- Access to other educational opportunities
- Backup care
- DACA reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
