Security Automation Engineer

INSPYR Solutions•Fort Worth, TX

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Security Automation Engineer will be responsible for writing, testing, and documenting technical work products, conducting root cause analysis, designing self-contained systems, and coaching team members to improve reliability, resiliency, security, and performance. This role involves decomposing complex designs, anticipating trouble areas, defining test suites, and leading the closure of open vulnerabilities. The engineer will also evaluate potential attack surfaces, identify best practices for mitigation, and ensure reuse is a primary consideration in all team implementations. Additionally, the role includes formally mentoring teammates and identifying opportunities for introducing new approaches to problems.

Requirements

HashiCorp Vault/ AWS Secrets Management/ Azure Key Vault experience
5 to 7 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications (front-end and back-end development)
5+ years with Python and proficiency with FastAPI
5+ years with Restful web services

Nice To Haves

5+ years with React, TypeScript, JavaScript
Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
3+ years with Terraform and Vault
3+ years of professional, design, and open-source experience
3+ years with git and GitHub
3+ years of working in Windows and Linux operating systems (cloud, midrange, distributed), including shell scripting
Proficient w/ database and persistence frameworks: PostgreSQL, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning
Proficient with Cloud platform such as Azure

Responsibilities

Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices.
Conducts root cause analysis to identify domain level problems and prescribes action items to mitigate.
Designs self-contained systems within a team's domain, and leads implementations of significant capabilities in existing systems.
Coaches team members in the execution of techniques to improve reliability, resiliency, security, and performance.
Decomposes intricate and interconnected designs into implementations that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers.
Anticipates trouble areas in systems under development and guides the team in instrumentation practices to ensure observability and supportability.
Defines test suites and instrumentation that ensures targets for latency and availability are being consistently met in production.
Leads through example by prioritizing the closure of open vulnerabilities.
Evaluates potential attack surfaces in systems under development, identifies best practices to mitigate, and guides teams in their implementation.
Leads team in the identification of small batches of work to delivery the highest value quickly.
Ensures reuse is a first class consideration in all team implementations and is a passionate advocate for broad reusability.
Formally mentors teammates and helps guide them to and along needed learning journeys.
Observes their environment and identifies opportunities for introducing new approaches to problems.