Secops Engineer

Responsibilities

Monitor, evaluate, and maintain systems and procedures to safeguard infrastructure, databases, and Web-based security.

Identify, integrate, monitor and improve infosec controls by understanding business processes. Assist in defining security requirements and review of system to determine if they have been designed to comply with established security standards. Help in developing new standards as necessary.

Conduct vulnerability assessments and monitor systems for potential security concerns. Design and configure infrastructure systems to help mitigate findings and improve security posture.

Assist with security architecture reviews and conduct threat modeling exercise as new products and features are rolled out

Research security trends, new methods, and techniques used in unauthorized access of data in order to preemptively eliminate the possibility of system breach.

Respond to alerts from information security tools and triage and analyze potential security issues

Troubleshoot security system and related issues.

Collaborate and maintain relationships with various engineering teams across the organization to communicate and remediate security issues in a timely manner

Educate engineering teams on security best practices and promote security by design

Ensure compliance with regulations and privacy laws.

Skills Required

At least 3 years of experience working in security or related industry

Proficient in one or more programming languages such as React, Python, Ruby, etc.

Minimum 2 years of experience in secure coding/development

Effective communication skills and experience collaborating with engineering teams

Have a deep understanding of common application security vulnerabilities

Demonstrated expertise in application security domain

Understanding of application security in context of SDLC and CI-CD

Experience working in all parts of application lifecycle

Effective in communicating security vulnerabilities to key stakeholders

Cloud Security Certifications like AWS Certified Security Specialty is preferred