What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOC Engineer position at Match Group?
About Match Group
Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) is a leading provider of dating products across the globe, operating a portfolio of brands including Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Pairs, Meetic, and more. With hundreds of millions of users worldwide generating billions of interactions daily, our scale demands world-class security operations.
About the Team
The MG Security Engineering organization provides unified security services across all Match Group brands. The Monitoring, Incident Response & SOC team is responsible for real-time threat detection, investigation, and response across the full portfolio — operating 24/7 to ensure security alerts are effectively triaged and responded to, minimizing the impact of potential threats.\nWe're looking for an experienced Security Incident Response Commander to join our Detection & Response team.
In this role, you will lead the response to high-impact security incidents across Match Group's global brands (North America, Canada, APAC, and EU).
We have a strong Security Engineering organization. Your job is not to do everything yourself. Your job is to ensure the right teams are aligned, decisions are made quickly, and incidents are handled effectively.
- Lead response efforts for critical and high-severity security incidents
- Scope incidents and assess impact
- Define containment and recovery plans
- Coordinate investigative efforts across Security Engineering teams
- Keep stakeholders aligned during active incidents
- Provide clear updates to leadership when needed
- Lead post-incident reviews and identify areas for improvement
- Help improve response processes and playbooks over time
- 5 years of experience in Incident Response, DFIR, or Security Operations
- Experience leading significant security investigations
- Strong familiarity with cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP)
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and log analysis
- Solid understanding of identity systems and distributed architectures
- Ability to stay composed and structured during high-pressure situations
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in large-scale consumer or SaaS environments
- Experience working across global teams
- Familiarity with privacy-related incident handling (e.g., GDPR)
- Scripting or automation experience (Python, etc.)
This salary range is reflective of Vancouver, Canada. For all other locations, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
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Why Match Group?
Our mission is simple – to help people find love and happiness! We love our employees too and understand the importance of all life's milestones. Here are some of the benefits we are proud to offer:
Mind & Body – Medical, mental health, and wellness benefits to support your overall health and well-being
Financial Wellness – Competitive compensation, 100% employer match on 401k contributions up to 10% (cap at $10,000), as well as an employee stock purchase program to help you feel supported in your financial security
Unplug – Generous PTO and 14 paid holidays so you can unplug
Career – Annual training allowance for professional development and ERG membership opportunities and events so you feel connected and empowered in your work
Family – Families come in all shapes and sizes so we offer 20 weeks of 100% paid parental leave, fertility, adoption, and child care resources, as well as pet insurance and discounts
Company Gatherings – We host company events where our employees get to know each other and build a sense of connection and belonging!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value the rich dynamics that diversity brings to our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), gender identity or expression, uniformed service or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Period.
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Salary : $110,000 - $130,000