Role overview
The Crypto Cybersecurity Engineer delivers effective and efficient intrusion detection, incident response, security intelligence, threat assessment, and vulnerability assessment services for a16z’s crypto funds. The mission is to play a leading role in a16z’s efforts to protect its operations, personnel and information systems against online threats and unauthorized use.
The Crypto Cybersecurity Engineer will help develop and drive a16z’s strategy for automated security detection and response capabilities. These services focus on understanding the evolving threat landscape--external and internal--through proactive threat research resulting in new and innovative ways to automate threat detection. This includes developing and improving automated content, tools, and processes that optimize efficiency and resources. This role will work in collaboration with Information Technology and Corporate Security to jointly investigate and manage the threat landscape. This role will oversee orchestration and integrating solutions for various workflows that aid in the incident detection and response process, as well as new technology detection.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years relevant experience
- Experience optimizing and securing blockchain applications by integrating new tools and technologies
- Must be willing to learn and keep up with current blockchain technologies and cryptography methods
- A minimum of five years of combined experience in any of the following areas: blockchain; DeFi; cloud security assessment and strategy; cloud compliance; solution architecture and design with emphasis on security, security operations and integration with cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS security platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure; IT risk management
- Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, leadership, business development, and presentation skills
- Expert knowledge of computer network defense and security architecture principles.
- Integration of innovative technology to improve data collection and analysis for strategic alignment with a security monitoring strategy.
- Knowledge of security orchestration and automation frameworks for the cloud to support incident response, security detection, vulnerability management, and risk assessment.
- Practical experience in building and supporting process automation (e.g., scripting skills).
- Knowledge and experience in leveraging security detection technologies such as SIEM, Big Data, and Machine Learning.
- Ability to analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), in order to instrument cyber threat indicators, and ongoing automation and engineering to support the detection lifecycle.
- Familiarity with application security and DevSecOps processes in order to further detection capabilities.
- Experience working with law enforcement in cybersecurity investigations is preferred