Sr. Security Engineer

Recruitics is a data-centric recruitment marketing agency that makes it easy for the worlds leading brands to attract and hire great talent. We revolutionized recruitment advertising in 2012 with the introduction of the worlds first recruitment marketing analytics and programmatic job advertising platform. Our innovative platform now powers our industry-leading suite of recruitment marketing solutions deployed for many of the worlds best brands across the globe.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Security Engineer to join our growing this role you will bridge the gap between development security and operations to ensure the security of our software through the secure development lifecycle.

You will be responsible for integrating security practices throughout the DevOps lifecycle building and maintaining secure systems and automating security processes to enhance our cloud infrastructure and applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Secure Architecture: Under the guidance of the VP of Information Security maintain a secure cloud architecture and evangelize security best practices within the enterprise that comply with our SOC II policies and procedures.
• DevSecOps Integration: Collaborate closely with Development Operations and Security teams to integrate security practices into the development lifecycle and DevOps processes.
• Vulnerability Management: Conduct vulnerability assessments security testing and advise teams on remediation.
• Cloud Security: Oversee and enhance the security posture of cloud-based infrastructure (AWS) ensuring secure deployments and configurations.
• Compliance & Best Practices: Ensure that security controls are aligned with industry standards and best practices (e.g. OWASP NIST GDPR) and work toward achieving and maintaining compliance.
• Incident Response: Be the technical point of contact on security incidents providing expertise in root cause analysis and remediation.
• Monitoring & Auditing: Implement monitoring tools to detect and respond to security incidents and audit the security of systems and applications.
• Security Training & Awareness: Provide guidance and training to other teams on security best practices secure coding techniques and threat mitigation strategies.
• Tooling & Infrastructure: Select deploy and manage security tools and frameworks for automated security testing vulnerability scanning and threat detection.

About You

Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Security or related roles with at least 2-3 years working within a DevOps ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with security tools such as SonarQube Crowdstrike mimecast and tenable.
  
  

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible.
• Expertise in automation scripting (Python Bash or similar languages).
• Experience with version control systems (Git GitLab Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with security protocols and standards (OAuth SSL/TLS PKI).
• Strong knowledge of network security firewalls identity and access management (IAM) and encryption technologies.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools and static/dynamic analysis.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• A proactive and continuous improvement mindset.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security certifications such as CISSP CISM or other relevant certifications.
• Experience with threat modeling and risk assessments.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and methodologies (e.g. NIST OWASP Top 10 SOC 2).
• Knowledge of security in microservices architecture.

THE FINE PRINT

Must be at least 18 years old. Recruitics is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment with regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state and local laws and ordinances nationally and internationally. AA/EOE/M/F/D/V/SO

At Recruitics we offer competitive compensation and benefits. We are a fast growing company with a casual work environment and we get Recruitics themed shirts roughly once a quarter or so. As a part of the team youll have the chance to be part of a close-knit group in a fun work environment with opportunities for career growth.

The base compensation range for this role is $120K - $250K.

At Recruitics protecting our talent communitycandidates clients and partnersis always a top priority. As you navigate your application journey please keep these tips in mind to stay safe:

• Well never ask you to pay for anythingthat includes applications interviews background checks or equipment.
• We only communicate via official email addresses ending in @never from Gmail or suspicious lookalikes.
• We do not request personal financial information such as bank details credit card numbers or wire transfers.
• If something feels off or doesnt seem right pause and contact us directly at .

Were thrilled youre interested in working with us. Just make sure its really us youre talking to. Stay sharpand stay safe.

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