Best suited to mid-level security professionals with experience in insider threat detection and investigations working in a remote-first but quarterly in-person environment.
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Original posting from Coinbase
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
You'll join the Insider Threat team within Coinbase's Security Operations organization as an Insider Threat Analyst. This team protects billions of dollars in digital assets and the trust of millions of customers by detecting, investigating, and mitigating threats from inside the organization. You'll serve as the front line for insider threat detection, triaging alerts, conducting investigations, and partnering cross-functionally with Security, Legal, HR, and business teams to safeguard Coinbase as it scales globally.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
Execute alert triage, correlation, and analysis across insider threat detection systems (SIEM, UBA, DLP, endpoint detection), prioritizing findings and escalating recommendations for investigation and mitigation.
Support investigations end to end, from initial triage and evidence collection through employee interviews and stakeholder coordination, delivering clear documentation of findings, risk assessment, and recommended next steps.
Partner with Security, Legal, HR, and business teams to design and execute processes that identify and mitigate insider risks, including abuse and misuse across company systems.
Build case documentation and investigative reports that translate complex technical findings into concise, decision-ready briefs and assessments for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Drive improvements to insider threat detection by identifying recurring control gaps, refining alerting logic, and recommending scalable solutions that reduce insider risk across the organization.
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
3+ years of experience in insider threat, security operations, investigations, fraud detection, or a closely related discipline, with hands-on use of insider threat technologies (SIEM, UBA, DLP, endpoint detection) and log analysis.
Demonstrated experience conducting or supporting investigations involving sensitive employee matters, including evidence collection, interviewing techniques, and stakeholder coordination.
Proven ability to translate complex security problems into clear, actionable recommendations, including composing investigative briefs and assessments consumed by leadership.
Working knowledge of the insider threat landscape, including legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations of handling sensitive information, and experience with customer service tools or financial analysis.
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Nice to haves:
CISSP, or other security credentials
You love analyzing data and identifying disparities and trends
You’ve got experience in one or more of the following areas: incident response, data protection, risk management, counterintelligence, investigations, fraud detection, financial crimes investigation, intellectual property theft, access and identity management, or IT engineering
You are comfortable with a fast-paced tech environment and learn quickly
You’re familiar with blockchains, cryptocurrency, and onchain projects (or at least a good story about how you thought about investing in Bitcoin in 2014 but decided not to).
Position ID: P77055
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Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$135,320—$159,200 USDPlease be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
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AI Disclosure
For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
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Source: Coinbase careers