Overview
Sr. Security Investigator Jobs in Seattle, WA at Uber
Title: Sr. Security Investigator
Company: Uber
Location: Seattle, WA
About The Role
The CyberSecurity Incident Response team (CIRT) is at the forefront of protecting Uber. We are a hands-on, fast-paced team that responds to security incidents, conducts forensic investigations, and builds automated solutions to scale our defenses.
As a Senior Security Investigator, your role is to lead complex, high-impact security investigations across a global, large-scale environment. This role is ideal for a seasoned security professional who excels at uncovering sophisticated threats, driving automation at scale, shaping investigative strategy, and mentoring teams to deliver world-class response.
You will partner with Security Engineering, Detection & Response, Threat Intelligence, Legal, HR, and Executive Leadership to contain threats, protect user and corporate data, and elevate our overall security posture.
What The Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
—- What the Candidate Will Do —-
- Lead complex security investigations end-to-end and perform deep forensic analysis across endpoints, cloud environments, identity systems, networks, and application logs to uncover root cause and attack paths.
- Own & Build automation and tooling to accelerate evidence collection, log enrichment, triage workflows, and decision-making at global scale.
- Improve detection and response capabilities by partnering with Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Platform teams.
- Lead major cross-functional security initiatives that strengthen investigative readiness, digital forensics, cloud incident response, and threat-hunting capabilities.
- Mentor and develop investigators and analysts, providing technical guidance, reviewing casework, and elevating investigative rigor.
- Continuously evolve investigation methodology by analyzing trends, identifying gaps, and embedding lessons learned back into the security ecosystem.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field..
- 5+ years of experience in Security Investigations, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, or Digital Forensics within large-scale or high-risk environments.
- Proven expertise with forensic tooling, log analysis, SIEM platforms, EDR solutions, and cloud investigation workflows (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Strong understanding of attacker TTPs, modern threat landscape, and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
- Hands-on experience building automation using Python, APIs, SOAR, or equivalent frameworks.
- Ability to lead complex investigations end-to-end and communicate findings effectively to senior leadership.
- Experience running or contributing to large cross-company security projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a large-scale, global, distributed systems environments
- Knowledge of identity ecosystems (Okta, Azure AD), container security, and SaaS platform logs.
- Experience in a programming language (e.g., Python, Go, C++, Java, etc) for incident response related automation and data analysis.
- Experience with GenAI in incident response and investigations is a plus.
- Experience mentoring or leading security teams.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits., For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$180,000 per year – USD$200,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.
