Detection and Response Engineer, Latin America at

BitMEX is one of the earliest cryptocurrency exchanges with a derivatives trading platform. BitMEX was founded in 2014. However, it was with the introduction of perpetual futures that the exchange became immensely popular.

BitMEX truly revolutionised the industry by introducing perpetual industry and changed how traders thought of trading Bitcoin. The exchange is registered in Seychelles.

BitMEX is mainly based out of Hong Kong. However, they do have offices in other US cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, and San Francisco.

If you're looking for BitMEX Jobs, expect to be extremely competent. With the popularity of the exchange, they expect their employees to be the best in their fields. If you feel you are, check out some of the jobs below:

About Us

BitMEX stands as a globally leading exchange for crypto derivatives, offering traders a professional-grade trading platform. Since its inception in 2014, BitMEX has maintained an impeccable security record with “no coin lost, ever!”.

Our platform caters to cryptocurrency derivatives traders by providing low latency, deep liquidity, and maximum availability. Currently, BitMEX offers more than 100 derivatives contracts, 11 pairs for spot trading, and an easy covert function between 30 different cryptocurrencies.

In 2015, BitMEX revolutionised the market by inventing the Perpetual Swap, which has since become the most widely traded crypto product. Demonstrating a commitment to transparency, since 2021, BitMEX has been among the first exchanges to regularly publish its on-chain Proof of Reserves and Proof of Liabilities, ensuring that the funds available exceed the total client balances."

For more information on BitMEX, company initiatives, product listings, launches and competitions, please visit the BitMEX Blog or www.bitmex.com, and follow our Discord, Telegram and Twitter.

Overview

We are looking for a Detection and Response Engineer to join us in the Security Response Team here at BitMEX. If you have a keen eye for detail and believe that successful Security Response activities begin with proactive hunting and competent engineering, we want to talk to you. 

This is a remote position for the Latin America regions. Occasional overnight and weekend on-calls are required for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for threat detection and monitoring of high fidelity security alerts (that you will have a hand in defining)
• Perform Incident Response activities to resolve security incidents and minimize risk for the organization
• Identify security gaps and implement constant improvements to our security stack
• Communicate effectively with lines of business and clients to address complex information security issues

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations role and experience handling security incidents from triage to remediation
• Experience with dealing with a SIEM tool such as Splunk or ELK
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services
• Strong knowledge of Security frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK and how they can be used to understand and defend against cyber attacks.
• Familiar with shell scripting, or another scripting language such as Python
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision