Forensic and Incident Response Engineer

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

As a Forensic and Incident Response Engineer, you will play a critical role in protection the organization by responding swiftly and effectively to security incidents. Your work will focus on minimizing attacker presence in compromised systems, reducing the impact of breaches, and safeguarding vital assets. By implementing proactive measures and strategic incident response plans, you’ll help prevent security threats from escalating. This will ensure the continued protection of our operations and assets.

Join our growing, highly skilled DFIR team, where your expertise in digital investigations will directly contribute to protecting our systems and data. You’ll have opportunities to continuously develop your skills through ongoing training and professional development, keeping you ahead of an ever-changing threat landscape. Your efforts will be essential in defending our infrastructure and maintaining the privacy of our customers’ information. Together, we will combat emerging threats and strengthen our security posture.

Job Description:

Your way to impact

Take charge of advancing our security posture by protecting critical infrastructure, systems, and data. You will analyze diverse data sources to identify anomalies and investigate potential security breaches, ensuring swift and decisive action. Contribute to the development of initiatives that strengthen our digital forensics and incident response capabilities, improving both containment strategies and the remediation of incidents. Foster a culture of vigilance, mentor junior analysts, and engage in readiness exercises to strengthen our ability to quickly detect, respond to, and neutralize security threats.

• Respond promptly to security incidents or escalated alerts, analyze incident data, and provide timely updates of findings, root causes and recommended remediation actions.
• Collect, preserve and analyze digital evidence using industry-standard tools and techniques to determine the source, scope and impact of incidents.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop incident response plans, including containment and remediation strategies.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks to ensure consistent and effective handling of security incidents.
• Stay current on tools and best practices in breach investigations, emerging threats, attack techniques, digital forensics, and cybersecurity.
• Participate in proactive threat hunting activities to uncover security gaps, vulnerabilities, or unaddressed risks within the environment.
• Create forensic and investigative reports.

What you need to bring

• Demonstrate proven experience in security incident handling and security operations.
• Display strong incident management skills, effectively managing multiple incidents and driving results.
• Possess an in-depth understanding of network protocols, systems, and infrastructure security principles.
• Understanding of evidence handling, chain of custody, and other accepted digital forensic processes
• Proficient in host based forensics and data breach response
• Knowledge of Windows, OS X, and Linux operating system artifacts
• Experience with cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of common forensic artifacts analyzed during incidents to determine, attack, vector, lateral movement, and data exfiltration
• Ability to conduct basic malware triage and analysis
• Familiarity with command line tools and scripting languages (Python, bash, etc.)
• Experience with analyzing logs, including firewall, network traffic, EDR, VPN, and proxy
• Ability to correlate events from multiple sources to create a timeline analysis
• Ability to organize case notes and communicate verbally and in writing to senior leadership
• Ability to prepare detailed technical reports
• Experience in EnCase, FTK, X-Ways Forensics, Axiom, Surge Collect, or Open Source based digital forensic tools.
• GCFA, GCFE, CCE, EnCE, ACE or equivalent DFIR certification

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

0

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.