Senior Security Engineer - Threat Intelligence, remote across ANZ

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Analyse incoming threat signals to produce actionable intelligence products for a variety of stakeholders.

• Maintain intelligence infrastructure and automation workflows to support intelligence collection, analysis, and integration with multiple teams and systems.

• Conduct independent research on emerging threats and maintain a curated library of adversaries, TTPs, malware and campaigns applicable to Canva.

• Identify and communicate threat landscape trends to drive strategic security initiatives.

• Work closely with Detection & Response during incident investigations, threat hunts and detection development.

• Work closely with Red Team to co-design credible stealth operations and purple team exercises.

You're probably a match if you have

• A strong security operations background and have at least 3-5 years hands-on experience in the areas.  e.g. threat intelligence, incident response, threat hunting.

• In-depth knowledge of threat intelligence best practices with demonstrated, hands-on experience in intelligence analysis and production.

• Practical engineering skills with proven experience maintaining threat intelligence platforms and automation infrastructure.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt to varying technical depths and formats.

• A curious detective mindset, driven to solve complex problems with simple solutions.

About the Group

The Security Group is responsible for protecting Canva systems and data from information security threats. Our teams work together, and with other groups, to deliver preventive and detective controls and processes that reduce security risk. The group runs programs across Enterprise Security, Application Security, Risk Management, and Threat Detection and Response domains.

The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team is Canva’s early-warning system for security threats. We separate signal from noise to provide actionable insights that inform threat detection & hunting, incident response, adversary emulation and security strategy.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva. We’re evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience - you’ll tackle interactive, real-time challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews, you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side. Your recruitment partner will walk you through what to expect.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.