Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Alarm.Com • Tysons, VA

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About The Position

The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will identify security risk in the corporate network, communicate those risks to management and assist with the mitigation efforts. Common technologies this position will need to work with include vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection, SIEM, database monitoring, and file integrity monitoring. The Senior Security Engineer must have the ability to document policies and procedures and keep them updated according to industry compliance requirements.

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. (or higher level degree) in Computer Science or a similar engineering program with strong academic performance preferred.
• 5-8 years of information security experience.
• CISSP, CISA, CEH, OSCP or other information security certification.
• Perform security reviews of application designs, source code and deployments.
• Must have knowledge and stay up to date on the latest security advisories, alerts and vulnerabilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for a highly collaborative environment.
• Rigorous attention to detail and focus on quality of deliverables.
• Familiar with AWS services like EC2 & ECS, WAF & VPC configuration & IAM rules.
• Familiarity with something like Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Comfortable with Python and able to read Java when necessary.
• Proven team experience and comfort in a team-oriented environment.
• Passion for working with technology and excitement for creating high quality consumer technology product.

Responsibilities

• Determine, monitor and maintain our security posture, in collaboration with Engineering.
• Perform security audits.
• Perform application and infrastructure penetration tests, as well as physical security review and social engineering tests for our global clients.
• Select and acquire additional security solutions or enhancements to existing security solutions to improve overall enterprise security.
• Oversee and manage the deployment, integration and configuration of security solutions and of any enhancements to existing security solutions and the enterprise's security documents.
• Develop and maintain threat models for cloud environments and train engineering teams to develop attacker/risk driven design skills.
• Provide deep expertise to engineering teams on SDLC practices including secure design, secure development, secure testing, security runtime for software and firmware development.
• Actively partner with infrastructure, application and other stakeholders to ensure deployed solutions minimize security and privacy risks.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the IT security industry including awareness of new or revised security solutions, improved security processes and the development of new attacks.
• Maintain Incident Response Program.
• Recommend actions/practices to management in order to ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements in decision-making processes.
• Suggest actions in order to mitigate risk in any activity that potentially impacts security of existing IT and information management.
• Craft responses to client and partner security questionnaires.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits inclusive of subsidized medical plan options.
• HSA with generous company contribution.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid holidays, wellness time, and vacation increasing with tenure.
• Paid maternity and bonding leave.
• Company-paid disability and life insurance.
• FSAs, well-being resources and activities.
• Casual dress work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree