Senior Software Engineer (UAE: User Emulation and Attack Team)

Who is SimSpace:

SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training. 

SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers. 

We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?

We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.

Our core values:

• Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
• Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
• Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
• Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do

We are looking for:
As a Senior Software Engineer (UAE: User Emulation and Attack Team) to provide expertise in microservices, event-driven messaging systems, Spring Boot, and containerization. In this role, you will drive delivery of various containerized microservices that provide the core emulation services of our cyber ranges. These services allow our users to simulate real-life cyber attacks and user personas to add high fidelity realism to our products. You'll be responsible for ensuring our engineering practices are exemplary by guiding the team on best coding practices, system architecture, and cultivating a culture of continuous improvement. Your mentorship will be key in helping team members grow, while you contribute directly to code, design, and architecture.

What will you be doing as our Senior Software Engineer - UAE: 

• Design, develop, and maintain core services for cybersecurity range simulation, focusing on scalability, performance, and fault tolerance.

• Lead end-to-end technical projects, from requirements gathering and architecture design to deployment, while setting clear goals and priorities.

• Mentor and support engineers on the team, promoting a collaborative culture and guiding them in coding best practices, testing, and architectural design.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate requirements into technically sound, user-centered solutions.

• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to company standards.

• Implement robust monitoring and alerting strategies to maintain high uptime and quick response to potential system issues.

• Ensure services meet security and compliance standards by integrating appropriate controls into the development lifecycle.

• Contribute to documentation that details technical architecture, system design, and best practices to ensure knowledge sharing and team alignment.

What are the qualifications to apply? To be successful as a Senior Software Engineer, User Emulation you need to have: