Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Remote - India Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on security operations experience
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Role Summary
The Security Operations Specialist joins Coinbase’s Security Operations team, which protects Coinbase and its customers across CDRE, Insider Threat, Blockops, and Threat Intelligence. The role focuses on frontline incident response, detection and automation capabilities, and security monitoring for new Web3 product launches.
What You'll Do
- Own second-line triage and response for security alerts and lead incident management through resolution
- Build and maintain runbooks and implement automation to reduce manual toil
- Develop monitoring strategies informed by attacker investigation findings
- Drive security monitoring and incident response for emerging Web3 product launches
- Mentor peers, share knowledge, and participate in 24/7 rotational coverage across time zones
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View full postingQualifications
Requires hands-on security operations experience covering incident response, alert triage, network and host forensics, detection engineering, scripting automation, networking, operating systems, SIEM platforms, and threat intelligence tooling. Requires responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.
Required
- Incident response, alert triage, and network/host forensics across cloud, SaaS, and container environments
- Detection coverage across cloud platforms, SaaS applications, container orchestration, and M&A integrations
- Python, Bash, or equivalent scripting for automation workflows
- Networking fundamentals and analysis of Windows, Linux, and macOS artifacts
- SIEM platforms and threat intelligence tooling, including alert tuning
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight
Original job description
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Original job description
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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Security Operations Specialist on the Security Operations team, you'll defend Coinbase and its customers against some of the most sophisticated attackers in the world. This team - spanning CDRE, Insider Threat, Blockops and Threat Intelligence - protects billions of dollars in digital assets while scaling security coverage for the next billion crypto users. You'll own frontline incident response, build detection and automation capabilities, and partner across the organization to keep Coinbase safe as it launches new Web3 products globally.
What you'll do:
- Own second-line triage and response for security alerts, leading incident management through resolution and driving post-incident improvements
- Build and maintain runbooks for repeatable response patterns, then define and implement automation to eliminate manual toil
- Partner with teams across Security Operations to develop monitoring strategies informed by attacker investigation findings
- Drive Security monitoring and incident response for emerging Web3 product launches
- Strengthen team capabilities by mentoring peers, sharing knowledge, and participating in 24/7 rotational coverage across time zones
Required Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years of hands-on security operations experience including incident response, alert triage, and network/host forensics across cloud, SaaS, and container environments
- Demonstrated ability to identify detection gaps and build coverage across diverse log sources (cloud platforms, SaaS applications, container orchestration, M&A integrations)
- Proficiency scripting automation workflows that reduce manual investigation and response time (Python, Bash, or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) sufficient to analyze host and network-level artifacts
- Experience working with SIEM platforms and threat intelligence tooling at scale, including tuning alerts and improving signal-to-noise ratios
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77687
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About the company
Coinbase
Large Enterprise
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.