It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world.
About our team:
When you impact millions of people every day, you become a large target for adversaries of all types within all layers of the stack. Our job is to keep our users safe and make Yahoo one of the safest places on the Internet.
We are the information security team at Yahoo, known as "The Paranoids".
As an Analyst on the eCrime Investigations and Operations team within the Paranoids, you will be charged with detecting, neutralizing and preventing malicious activity – at scale – directly targeting Yahoo users and using Yahoo products. You will play a key role in defending millions of Yahoo users and ensuring we are doing everything in our power to keep them safe.
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for an analyst who is passionate about helping others. You are excited about finding new and creative ways to detect online malicious activity and are driven to help as many people as possible. Your experience in the investigation and analysis of patterns of internet-based fraud, malware, spam, phish and account takeover (ATO) ensures that we identify and disrupt the most significant threats to our users.
You are an ideal candidate for our team if you value:
Protecting users and making the Internet a safer place for everyone.
Demonstrating a high level of curiosity and taking a proactive and innovative approach to preventing online fraud and ATO.
Staying informed on the latest trends in fraud tactics
Standing up for our users and always doing what’s right.
In a typical day, you may find yourself:
Identifying and neutralizing – at scale – malicious activity targeting Yahoo users or using Yahoo products.
Analyzing and actioning intel from strategic internal partners and external parties.
Evolving threat detections to prevent attacks against Yahoo users and products.
Providing investigative support, including data mining and analytics, to various internal investigative and product teams.
Feeding insights to engineering and product teams to help improve the overall Yahoo user security experience.
Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Experience analyzing the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of web-based fraud, including spam, email scams, phishing, malware and account takeover.
Experience with big data technologies such as Splunk, MySQL or Hadoop.
Excellent creative thinking, problem-solving, planning, time-management and organization skills to balance and prioritize work.
Strong communication skills and an ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams.
Comfortable performing in a remote-first environment
Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.
If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.
Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.
If an employer mentions a salary or salary range on their job, we display it as an "Employer Estimate". If a job has no salary data, Rise displays an estimate if available.
Become a key player at Yahoo as a Software Development Engineer II, specializing in backend systems and APIs to enhance user experiences globally.
Join Yahoo as a Sr. Engineer to shape the future of software development tools and platforms, driving innovation across the organization.
Become a vital player at Peraton as a ServiceNow Solution Architect, driving innovative IT Operations Management solutions.
As an Oracle Cloud Security Lead at Accenture Federal Services, you will play a vital role in securing cloud environments for the US federal government.
Step into a critical role at Leidos as a Senior Network Engineer, where you will contribute significantly to advanced military network systems.
Join 10x Banking as a Mac Desktop Support Analyst and play a vital role in transforming banking technology.
We are looking for a skilled Business Systems Developer passionate about enhancing our ERP systems and automation processes at Curology.
Join MoonPay as a Staff Cloud Security Engineer, where you'll fortify their cloud infrastructure and enhance Web3's security landscape.
Join Instructure as an IT Security Analyst and safeguard our digital landscape while developing security protocols!
As a DevOps Engineer at Altium, you will bridge software development with infrastructure delivery, enhancing cloud-native environments for enterprise clients.
Join Alcon as an Associate I in AI Governance and Threat Management to drive the security of AI initiatives that enhance sight and lives.
We are looking for a Senior Manager of Cloud Security at Included Health to safeguard our cloud-based services and drive security innovation.
Elevate your career as a Salesforce Architect with Employer.com, specializing in innovative recruitment solutions.
Join ProSync Technology Group as a Security Specialist Lead to enhance security protocols and support critical defense operations.
Become a key player at Peraton as an IT Specialist, delivering vital technical support for national security at the TSA Operations Center.
Subscribe to Rise newsletter