Senior Software Engineer (DevSecOps)

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Hiring Remotely in Austin, TX
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
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The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer in the DevSecOps team, you'll enhance security practices within SSDLC and the Rapid7 platform. You’ll automate infrastructure, collaborate with security teams, and implement cloud security best practices while ensuring the platform remains secure and reliable for customers.
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Senior Software Engineer (DevSecOps)
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Platform Delivery Automation & Governance team you'll be responsible for standardisation through automation and engineering excellence to evolve the Security posture across the Rapid7 platform. You will be helping build and improve security practices within SSDLC and the Rapid7 Domain keeping on top of security threats with critical infrastructure components. We're seeking a motivated engineer to help ensure our platform is secure, reliable and available for thousands of customers that rely on it every day.
About The Team
The Platform Delivery Automation & Governance team manages and enables platform security across all Rapid7 products through DevSecOps tooling and cloud security best practices. We strive to maintain a DevSecOps culture, empowering development while promoting security and reliability.
You'll work directly with, but not limited to, the following technologies:
AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC networking, S3, Network Firewall etc.), Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, Slack
About The Role
You aren't just good at writing code or running terraform, but you have a demonstrated focus on SSDLC, cloud security and solving complex problems. You will work with our Information Security teams to collaborate and align goals to improve platform security. You love being challenged by your work and tackling new problems. You have a desire to create well architected solutions with an emphasis on collaboration, communication, and growth.
In This Role, You Will:

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to level-up security across our platform - from design to deployment to operations, monitoring, upgrade and maintenance
  • Engage with our Information Security teams to continually evolve how we protect our customers' data and our platform
  • Automate infrastructure through Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible and Docker/Kubernetes
  • Utilize a wide range of skills across software development, networking, Linux sysadmin, configuration management, cloud services, and deployment technologies.
  • Working on projects - managing the technical details, organizing and planning infrastructural work without downtime, and helping others understand the priorities and needs of that work.
  • Define and implement Cloud Security best practices across the Platform using Rapid7 products and automated tooling.
  • Gather technical evidence for security audits when required.


The skills you'll bring include:

  • Proven experience working with SaaS services and infrastructure
  • Proficient in a Cloud Provider such as Azure/AWS/GCP with experience working with services(or the equivalent) EC2, EKS or ECS, IAM, VPC networking, S3.
  • Networking and linux system administration skills
  • Comfortable with one or more of the following languages: Python, Ruby, Javascript, Java, Bash
  • Working knowledge with one or more of the following - Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Ansible, Puppet
  • Passionate about Cloud Security and developer experiences
  • Goal-driven, positive attitude with strong communication skills
  • A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
  • Never done mentality


We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

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Ansible
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Bash
Docker
GCP
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Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kubernetes
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Ruby
Slack
Terraform

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2,400 Employees
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Year Founded: 2000

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At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact. We’re building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.

Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we’re continuing to push the envelope - just like we’ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you’re ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we’re ready to help you take command of your career.

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With our products, research, and open source communities, we’re building a secure digital future for everyone. This means constantly learning and evolving in an industry that’s anything but stagnant. You’ll be faced with tough challenges, and given the support to find creative solutions that drive our business, and your career forward.

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