[Hiring] Staff Threat Protection Engineer @Cribl

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on geographic location and individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission) for sales and some sales-adjacent roles.
• Participation in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program for all other roles.
• Generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Fertility treatment benefit.
• 401(k) and equity.