SALARY RANGE

Austin 62,000 - 89,000 USD per year

YOUR JOB

As a Strategist within Trust & Safety - Bot Detection, you are responsible for protecting the integrity of Indeed’s products by working in a team dedicated to both proactively and reactively investigating and tracking trends related to potential fraud, abuse and malicious bot activity. Under the direction of your manager, you will use these insights to build out strategies for rapid detection and mitigation of malicious bot activity.

You should be comfortable when asked to perform in-depth analysis and research in a competent and efficient manner. You are able to present your ideas in a clear and succinct way. Upon identifying an incident, you are undaunted by investigating and promptly communicating and implementing a plan with cross-functional partners for mitigation and prevention. You recognize exploitations of or gaps in products, policies, and standards, and you work toward filling those gaps via product and/or policy revision. You consider the job seeker experience in every facet of your work.

Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teams to drive detection of malicious bot activity and develop mitigation strategies

• Lead daily proactive investigations to monitor for and and identify new threats and activity

• Analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats

• Document and escalate incidents identified with appropriate product and engineering teams.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering partners to define and develop new defenses to keep pace with emerging threats

• Build automated dashboards and models for daily monitoring and rapid detection of bot attacks

• Effectively communicate findings and updates to relevant stakeholders

WHO YOU ARE

Qualifications:

• Thorough understanding of the cybersecurity threat landscape

• SQL proficiency

• Strong understanding of TCP / IP

• Proficient in synthesizing analysis into threat briefings with corresponding action plans

• Track record of independent, creative problem solving with large amounts of complex data.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in cyber fraud / bot detection and mitigation strategies

• Experience with Splunk Query Language

• Experience with Python, Pandas, Jupyter Notebooks

WHO WE ARE

We are the people behind the scenes of Indeed's search results. We ensure that our results are optimally ranked for our job seekers and tirelessly patrol Indeed for fake jobs and scams. Beyond search, we invest heavily in ensuring that Indeed has the best data analysis tools available to optimize our recruiting products and run accurate tests.

OUR MISSION

As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help all people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.

(*comScore Total Visits, September 2021)

SALARY RANGE DISCLAIMER

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), an open Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

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At Indeed, our mission is to help all people get jobs. We have more than 11,000 global employees passionately pursuing this purpose and improving the recruitment journey through real stories and data.

We're looking to grow our teams with people who share our energy and enthusiasm for creating the best experience for job seekers and employers.