Senior Security Engineer

As a member of our Information Security team, you will join a fast-paced and well-rounded security team. You’ll work in a cutting-edge cloud environment that powers our company’s impressive growth. Last year, our platform sent over 1 billion messages, helping customers navigate critical communications during significant man-made events and natural disasters. If you are looking to make a difference with your work and help our customers prioritize safety, then we would love for you to join our team. 

What You'll Do:

• Cloud Security:
• Implement and maintain security controls in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Conduct security assessments of cloud architecture to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams to integrate security best practices into cloud infrastructure.

Kubernetes Security and Protection:
• Collaborate with platform engineering teams to integrate security best practices into existing Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Improve security observability and policy around networking, payloads, and configuration of containerized workloads.

Pipeline design and management:
• Identify, scope, and execute IAC modules for deployment and configuration of standard security policies and artifacts.
• Update and improve existing pipelines with module-based, test-driven approach.

Identity control and access management:
• Work alongside corporate technology and engineering teams to ensure secure, least-privilege access to internal applications and tooling.
• Guide platform and developer use of AWS resources-based-access controls and shared resources.

Federal Compliance and Architectural Design:
• Drive security and compliance controls in federal environments to applicable federal standards
• Guide and Educate engineering and development efforts to ensure a company-wide approach to security controls
• Work with our compliance team and take a proactive approach to compliance standards, audit, and post-audit activities.

Security Operations and Threat Detection
• Actively monitor and investigate alerts within a SIEM to identify and mitigate potential threats.
• Utilize and tune popular SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic Security, IBM QRadar, or Sumo Logic.
• Conduct threat hunting activities using behavioral analytics and threat intelligence to proactively identify risks and potential compromises.
• Collaborate with incident response and engineering teams to develop detection logic and improve alert fidelity.

What You'll Bring:

• Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. A master’s degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on cloud security, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management.
• Hands-on experience with security tools from vendors like Palo Alto, AWS Security tools and security pipelines.
• Strong understanding of networking, particularly TLS, and experience with network security tools.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, and CIS Controls.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CISM, or AWS Certified Security Specialty are highly desirable.
• Experience working with SIEM platforms and performing threat hunting in cloud and hybrid environments
• Experience using IAC and Gitlab pipelines (or equivalent) for the development or deployment of resources such as IAM roles, SCPs, or related security controls.
• Excellent automation-oriented problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and make informed decisions and transform short term solutions into long-term improvements.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Everbridge ranges from $139,000 - $198,000 and may also include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Everbridge offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, disability income benefits, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.
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