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Threat Protection Engineer

Job in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95025, USA
Listing for: Cribl
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-11-01
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Security Management & Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 130000 - 190000 USD Yearly USD 130000.00 190000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Staff Threat Protection Engineer

Why You’ll Love This Role

We’re looking for a staff-level investigator who operates at the intersection of insider threat, digital/hardware forensics, and executive protection. This is a hybrid role for someone who has led complex insider risk cases end-to-end, can walk into a forensic exam and brief executives in the same week, and is equally comfortable planning a principal’s travel security as they are imaging a hard drive for a legal hold.

You’ll be the senior technical and investigative resource on a small, high-trust team, and you’ll help mature our insider risk, forensics, and physical security programs.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

Insider Threat & Investigations

  • Lead insider risk investigations from initial detection through closure, including scoping, evidence collection, interviews, findings, and remediation recommendations

  • Partner closely with HR, Legal, and Employee Relations to ensure investigations are conducted defensibly, confidentially, and in compliance with employment law and privacy requirements

  • Build and mature insider risk program components: detection use cases, escalation criteria, case management workflows, and cross-functional playbooks

  • Brief sensitive findings to senior stakeholders (Legal, HR, executive leadership) with appropriate discretion and documentation

Digital & Hardware Forensics

  • Conduct forensic acquisition and analysis of laptops, mobile devices, removable media, and network artifacts in support of investigations

  • Maintain chain of custody and produce forensically sound, litigation-ready documentation

  • Perform hardware-level forensics (disk imaging, device teardown/analysis, embedded storage) in addition to standard digital forensics

  • Apply and maintain relevant certifications (IACIS CFCE or equivalent; EnCE, GCFE, or similar strongly preferred)

Physical Security & Executive Protection

  • Provide executive protection coverage for principals during domestic and international travel and at company events and conferences.

  • Lead security planning for company conferences and events

  • Conduct pre-travel intelligence and risk assessments (geopolitical, environmental, venue-specific) to inform protective planning

  • Coordinate directly with executive assistants on itineraries, logistics, and advance planning to ensure protection is seamless and low-friction

  • Support physical security assessments of office locations, facilities and events, identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities and additional ways to secure them

If You’ve Got It - We Want It
  • 7+ years of experience across insider threat investigations, digital/hardware forensics, and physical/executive protection (or a combination demonstrating equivalent depth)
  • Demonstrated experience serving as lead investigator on insider risk cases involving sensitive, high-stakes, or legally exposed matters
  • Working knowledge of employment law, HR investigation standards, and confidentiality requirements as they apply to internal investigations
  • Hands-on forensic skills with standard tooling (e.g., EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite, X-Ways) and hardware-level forensic techniques
  • Active or recent certification through IACIS (CFCE) or comparable digital forensics credentialing body
  • Prior experience in executive protection, including travel risk assessment/intelligence gathering and direct coordination with executive support staff
  • Excellent judgment and discretion; ability to hold confidentiality under pressure and manage competing stakeholder interests
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical forensic findings for non-technical, legal, and executive audiences
  • Willingness and ability to travel on short notice, including internationally

Preferred

  • Background in law enforcement, military, or federal investigative service
  • Experience building or scaling an insider risk program from an early or immature state
  • Clearance at the TS level preferred, Secret will be reviewed
  • Familiarity with UEBA/DLP tooling and insider threat detection platforms

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