As a Software Engineer II 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, EKS etc.), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, Slack, Python
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, clustered datastores, cloud services, and deployment technologies.
- Delivering 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 Security best practices across the organization using Rapid7 products and automated tooling.
The skills you'll bring include:
- Proven experience working with SaaS services and infrastructure
- Proficient in AWS services, including 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.
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact.
Here, we're building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever's next.
Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world's biggest security challenges.
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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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