Information Security (Infosec) Senior Engineer

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Job Summary
A highly skilled Senior Security Engineer is responsible for enhancing our Security Platform. They will possess extensive experience across a broad range of technologies and security domains, enabling them to assess and determine the technical functional behavior and limitations of both first-party and third-party applications integrated within our platform.

In this role, the Security Engineer will be tasked with designing and delivering a robust API that encapsulates a Security Platform service, effectively abstracting the underlying technologies used to meet service requirements.

Responsibilities

Security Architecture

• Collaborate with Product Management team and other cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications

• Analyze and evaluate the technical capabilities and limitations of various applications within the Security Platform

• Research the best technologies to use to publish the Security Platform APIs

• Researches security best practices for API and all related technology components required

• Identify how to leverage the capabilities of the Security Platform to fulfill the Service APIs

Security Engineering

• Develop the API layer, including identifying the required technologies, orchestration components, and security controls for the APIs

• Delivers fully functional APIs (including all corresponding collateral) that leverage existing Security Platform optimally

• Ensuring that the API adheres to publish SLA & SLOs, and includes instrumentation that allows monitoring adherence

• Conduct thorough testing and validation of the API to ensure reliability and performance

• Responsible for anticipating technical roadblocks and escalating issues

Security Operations

• Operates and troubleshoots the Security Platform APIs to ensure delivery of required service in adherence with the published SLAs & SLOs

Security Incident Response

• Investigates, researches and analyzes security incidents as they are escalated or reported

Leadership Characteristics

• Is a transformational member of the team who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scale and across multiple dimensions

• Cultivates Innovation – Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovation

Qualifications

• 5 years progressive experience in system analysis, requirements gathering and application implementation

• Bachelor's degree in Systems, Computer Science, Business or Information Management or equivalent experience

• A deep understanding of security technologies, protocols, and best practices

• A deep understanding of technologies required in delivery of RESTful APIs, including containerization, API gateway, service orchestration, and IAMsecurity protocols

Skills & Attributes

• Enthusiasm for collaborating cross-functionally and cross-product to identify and lead the development of the API platform

• Excellent communication skills and cross-functional organizational ability to influence others

• Prioritizes platform requirements, influence roadmap, and strategy, and driving impact with the rest of the business stakeholders

• Strong technical skills and experience, as well as an extraordinary passion for software development and delivering high-quality products

• Extraordinary written and communication skills having worked with executive management

• Passion for providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

United States - Dallas Infomart Office