Job Description
About Us:
DailyPay is transforming the way people get paid. As a worktech company and the industry’s leading on demand pay solution, DailyPay uses an award-winning technology platform to help America’s top employers build stronger relationships with their employees. This voluntary employee benefit enables workers everywhere to feel more motivated to work harder and stay longer on the job while supporting their financial well-being outside of the workplace.
DailyPay is headquartered in New York City, with operations throughout the United States as well as in Belfast. For more information, visit DailyPay's Press Center.
The Role:
We are looking for a vigilant, detail-oriented Security Operations (SecOps) Engineer to join our security team. In this role, you will be the first line of defense, monitoring security alerts and triaging potential threats. You’ll work closely with senior engineers to protect our organization’s data, investigate suspicious activity, and refine our defensive posture. This is an ideal role for a proactive problem-solver looking to launch a career in cybersecurity.
If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the qualifications.
How You Will Make an Impact:
Phishing Analysis & Response:
Review and analyze reported suspicious emails.
Perform header analysis, URL sandboxing, and attachment detonation to identify malicious intent.
Execute remediation steps, such as purging malicious emails from the environment.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP):
Monitor DLP consoles for unauthorized movement of sensitive data.
Investigate incidents involving PII or intellectual property.
Work with business units to distinguish between legitimate workflows and policy violations.
Identity & Access Monitoring:
Investigate potential Account Takeover (ATO) alerts.
Verify user activity and coordinate password resets or session revocations when compromises are suspected.
Security Alert Triage:
Monitor the SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) for alerts across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) to escalate high-severity incidents to Tier 2/3 analysts.
Vulnerability & Health Checks:
Assist in routine scans and ensure security agents are healthy and reporting correctly across the fleet.
What You Bring to The Team:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience/certifications.
Technical Literacy: * Foundational understanding of the TCP/IP stack and common protocols (HTTP, DNS).
Familiarity with macOS, and Linux operating systems.
Analytical Mindset: Ability to correlate disparate data points to identify patterns of malicious behavior.
Communication: Strong written skills for documenting incident findings and communicating with employees regarding security policy.
Eagerness to Learn: A "student of the game" mentality—staying up to date with the latest threat actor TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures).
What We Offer:
Exceptional health, vision, and dental care
Opportunity for equity ownership
Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Resource Groups
Fun company outings and events
Unlimited PTO
401K with company match
High-performing cultures aren't built in silos, they thrive on partnership. At DailyPay, we Commit Together to an inclusive, professional environment where multifaceted perspectives are our greatest competitive advantage. We recognize that our team members don’t live “single-issue lives,” and we lean into the wide-ranging backgrounds and life stages that sharpen our collective decision-making.
In our high-trust environment, we empower you to Challenge Norms. We’ve created a space where it is safe to ask difficult questions, disrupt the status quo, and share bold perspectives without fear of professional fallout. We believe that by checking our own assumptions and staying curious about the experiences of others, we arrive at better, more innovative results.
We provide the space for you to do your best work through peer advocacy and transparent career development. If you are looking for a culture that values intellectual honesty, celebrates the unique lived experiences of its people, and thrives on collective success, you’ll find it here.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to [email protected]. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.
DailyPay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.