Listing Description

What you’ll be responsible for:

Circle is looking for a Security Engineer to lead the development of the Threat Intelligence Program, and support Security Operations Detection and Response efforts. You will have an excellent technical foundation, especially related to dark web actors, dark web data, APT strategy, Threat Intelligence, and malware analysis. You will have a passion for threat hunting, as well as investigating and responding to security incidents.

What you'll work on:

• Develop the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Threat Intelligence Program in collaboration with Operation leaders.


• Establish continuous intel operations to include proactive monitoring, collection, reporting, assessments, and mitigation techniques for threats.


• Research and respond to security events and emerging threats across the crypto ecosystem.


• Build tools and devise automation strategies to improve Circle’s ability to hunt threats.


• Develop detection techniques to identify anomalous behaviors and attacks across the environment.


• Respond to security incidents, perform investigations and communicate clearly and efficiently to stakeholders.

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.


• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  


• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 


• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards.  You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• 7+ years of work experience in intelligence, security operations, threat research, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), and/or related functions.


• Exposure to programming, scripting and query languages such as Python, Golang, bash, SQL.


• Knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain Framework and familiarity of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.


• Experience thinking like the adversary, and to anticipate threat actors’ moves.


• Exposure to Malware analysis & reverse engineering.


• Strong ability to work collaboratively across teams during high-stress situations.


• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and use good judgment to establish order of priorities on the fly.


• Self-motivated and creative problem-solver able to work independently with minimal guidance.


• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.