PayPal Cyber Defense Engineer 

France, Occitania, Toulouse 

825686943

As a Cyber Defense Engineer, you will strengthen our security by monitoring threats, responding to incidents, and collaborating across teams. You will identify vulnerabilities, mitigate risks, and help build resilient systems. Your expertise will drive innovation in defense techniques and protect our digital assets - ensuring trust and secure online transactions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Independently apply security best practices to enhance and optimize cyber threat management, ensuring robust protection and efficiency, while beginning to understand and align security measures with business objectives.
• Partner with peers and internal teams to drive security initiatives, contribute to cross-functional projects, and at times co-lead efforts to strengthen security posture and cyber threat management.
• Analyze and resolve security challenges by adapting standard cyber threat management processes and exploring alternative approaches to address complex threats.
• Influence the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the team through informed decision-making, with a potential impact on other teams.
• Collaborate with key partners to gather and incorporate feedback, driving continuous improvements in cyber threat management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

What you need to know about the role:

As a Cyber Defense Engineer at PayPal, you will play a vital role in fortifying our security measures. You will monitor and respond to security events, collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide valuable insights and guidance. Proactively handling of threats, you will identify vulnerabilities and mitigate risks. Your expertise will contribute to robust incident response capabilities and resilient architectures. Staying informed about emerging threats, you will drive innovation in cyber defense techniques. By safeguarding our digital assets and users data, you will help maintain trust and enable secure online transactions.

Your way to impact:

• Take ownership of enhancing our security posture and protecting our infrastructure, systems, and data from cyber threats.

• Provide guidance and recommendations to cross-functional teams, assisting them in implementing effective security measures.

• Collaborate closely with teams across the PayPal, ensuring seamless security experiences and operational efficiency.

• Drive continuous improvement in security operations by identifying opportunities for process optimization, automation, and integration of security technologies.

• Assume centralized ownership of key cybersecurity applications/tools, seeing the vision and driving towards a best-in-class future state.

• Engage in incident response readiness exercises, conducting simulations and tabletop exercises to strengthen our ability to respond swiftly and effectively to security incidents.

• Foster a culture of proactive security through knowledge sharing, training sessions, and promoting security awareness across the PayPal.

Your day-to-day:

• Monitor security alerts and events from various sources and respond promptly to security incidents, following the established incident management plan.

• Collaborate with the security teams to conduct in-depth analysis of security events and incidents, utilizing advanced threat intelligence and security tools.

• Document and track security incidents, maintaining accurate incident records and providing regular updates to stakeholders.

• Build and nurture influential partnerships with key stakeholders, acting as a conduit between cybersecurity and cross-functional teams.

• Participate in tabletop exercises and simulations to enhance our incident response preparedness and identify areas for improvement.

• Proactively review and refine the incident management plan based on emerging threats and evolving cybersecurity landscape.

• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and our business strategy to enable the achievement of cybersecurity objectives.

What do you need to bring:

• Demonstrate proven experience in security incident handling and security operations.

• Possess an in-depth understanding of network protocols, systems, and infrastructure security principles.

• Exhibit proficiency in analyzing business and employee needs, recommending, and designing end-to-end security solutions.

• Display strong incident management skills, effectively managing multiple incidents and driving results.

• Stay abreast of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques through continuous monitoring of threat intelligence sources and participation in security communities and forums.

• Participate in cross-functional security projects and initiatives, providing security expertise and guidance to ensure the secure implementation of new technologies and systems.

• Possess excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and convey complex security concepts effectively.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $111,500 to $191,950

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please