Lead Insider Trust & Fraud Investigator

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Information Security

This role is for a Lead Insider Trust & Fraud Investigator at SoFi, a financial services company. The investigator will conduct end-to-end investigations into financial crimes and insider risk matters involving employees. Responsibilities include analyzing logs and telemetry, correlating events, developing strategies to detect and mitigate risks, documenting findings, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, including law enforcement and regulatory bodies. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, and experience with security tools like SIEM, UEBA, DLP, and EDR.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct end-to-end investigations into suspected insider risk activity such as data exfiltration, policy violations, fraud, IP theft, sabotage, and misuse of company resources.
  2. Review and analyze telemetry including endpoint, identity and authentication, SaaS, application, and network logs.
  3. Correlation events across different log sources to build defensible investigative timelines and attribution assessments.
  4. Partner with stakeholders to deploy detections and implement strategies to prevent malicious activities by improving internal controls, policies, and procedures.
  5. Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate high-priority, high-risk, and sensitive cases.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of experience in an investigative role such as Insider Threat, Security Operations, Digital Forensics, Insider Response, or Corporate Investigations.
  • Demonstrated experience reviewing and correlating endpoint, application, network, and other logs.
  • Familiarity with security tools such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).
  • Proficient in interpreting evidence and reconstructing events.
  • Familiarity with criminal law, rules, legislation and internal policies.
  • Familiarity with all evidence types and the rules governing their admissibility.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Understanding of insider risk typologies

Nice to have

  • Experience working cross-functionally with HR, Legal, and executive stakeholders.
  • Experience or interest in cryptocurrency is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • conducting quick-turnaround and in-depth investigations
  • confront high-priority and sensitive issues
  • significant ambiguity
  • conducting investigations specifically focused on SoFi employees
  • analyzing financial records for discrepancies
  • developing strategies to detect and mitigate risky behaviors and fraud
  • examining internal controls
  • documenting findings
  • preparing detailed reports
  • maintaining case files
  • evaluate how SoFi’s controls could be enhanced
  • escalated to the appropriate team for remediation
  • dealing with puzzles
  • seeking creative solutions
  • engaging with internal and external stakeholders
  • moving quickly while ensuring comprehensive results
  • data exfiltration
  • policy violations
  • fraud
  • IP theft
  • sabotage
  • misuse of company resources
  • telemetry
  • endpoint
  • identity and authentication
  • SaaS
  • application
  • network logs
  • Correlation events
  • log sources
  • defensible investigative timelines
  • attribution assessments
  • deploy detections
  • implement strategies to prevent malicious activities
  • improving internal controls, policies, and procedures
  • sound judgment
  • navigate high-priority, high-risk, and sensitive cases
  • Coordinate and collaborate with external parties
  • law enforcement agencies
  • legal counsel
  • regulatory bodies
  • Proactively partner with internal and external stakeholders and law enforcement agencies
  • priority, high-impact, or emerging typologies
  • Deliver clear, concise, and objective briefings
  • technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Maintain case management system hygiene
  • complete documentation
  • evidence preservation
  • chain of custody integrity
  • Contribute to the development of playbooks, standards, and procedures
  • 8+ years of experience in an investigative role
  • Insider Threat
  • Security Operations
  • Digital Forensics
  • Insider Response
  • Corporate Investigations
  • Demonstrated experience reviewing and correlating endpoint, application, network, and other logs
  • Familiarity with security tools
  • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
  • User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Proficient in interpreting evidence
  • reconstructing events
  • Familiarity with criminal law, rules, legislation and internal policies
  • Familiarity with all evidence types and the rules governing their admissibility
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Understanding of insider risk typologies