Senior Security Engineer – Investigations
Canva · Sydney, Australia · 1mo ago
Company Description
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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Where and how you can work
Collingwood is home to our Melbourne campus - a vibrant, creative hub for connection and impactful work. While Sydney is home to our HQ, Melbourne brings its own unique vibe, with local artwork, lush greenery, and thoughtfully designed spaces to help you collaborate, focus, and feel part of a welcoming community.
This role is based in Melbourne, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most.
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:
Lead high-complexity investigations involving sophisticated techniques and potential legal or regulatory considerations
Coordinate closely with Legal, People, and Security teams on investigation scope, evidence handling, privacy considerations, and response activities
Write detailed investigation reports documenting findings, evidence, impact, and recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Respond to security events from detection through to containment, remediation, and resolution
Create and improve detection logic, correlation rules, and alerts across SIEM and EDR platforms
Proactively run threat hunting and anomaly detection exercises across Canva’s environment
Design and improve scalable tooling, workflows, and operational processes that strengthen Canva’s incident detection, investigation, and response capabilities
Act as an escalation point and incident coordinator during active investigations and security incidents
Participate in a collaborative on-call rotation supporting critical security investigations and incident response activities
Mentor and support the growth of teammates through knowledge sharing, operational guidance, and investigation best practices
You're probably a match if
You have experience leading or coordinating security investigations, digital forensics, or incident response activities in complex environments
You’re comfortable working cross-functionally with Legal, People, and Security teams, and can communicate clearly during high-pressure situations
You’re able to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders
You’ve built or improved detection, automation, case management, or response workflows at scale
You have hands-on experience investigating macOS environments, alongside Linux and Windows systems
You’re comfortable designing, building, and improving security tooling and operational workflows
You’re confident working with SIEM, EDR, endpoint telemetry, and security investigation tooling
You enjoy solving ambiguous problems and proactively improving systems, processes, and operational maturity
You bring empathy, sound judgement, humility, and a collaborative mindset to sensitive investigations and incident coordination
You have programming or scripting experience in languages such as Python, Golang, or Java
Nice to have experience
Experience with insider threat programs or user behaviour analytics (UBA/UEBA)
Familiarity with DLP technologies and endpoint monitoring solutions
Experience building security automation or orchestration tooling
Exposure to legal evidence handling, privacy investigations, or law enforcement collaboration
Experience operating in cloud-native or large-scale SaaS environments
About the team
The Security Group is responsible for protecting Canva systems and data from information security threats. Our teams work together — and with other groups across Canva — to deliver preventive and detective controls that reduce security risk at scale.
The Security Operations team supports internal groups including Legal, People, and Security. We work to protect Canva’s intellectual property, customer data, and strategic information through proactive detection, investigation, and mitigation of threats, while maintaining a culture of trust and transparency.
Canva’s goal is to become the world’s most trusted platform, which makes security a top priority. This team plays a critical role in safeguarding Canva’s systems, data, and the information our users entrust to us every day.
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.