Senior Security Engineer

Aktana is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their security team. The ideal candidate will have experience in security engineering and application security, as well as knowledge of AWS systems and cybersecurity frameworks. The Senior Security Engineer will be responsible for cloud security architecture review, vulnerability management, and developing security policies and procedures. Aktana values hard work, transparency, and collaboration, and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

• Cloud Security Architecture review
• Analyze security issues related to web services and provide recommendations for mitigations
• Integrate new data sources to SIEM product (ELK), AlertLogic
• Manage AWS Cloud security including logging, IAM, Firewalls, VPN, etc
• Manage Application security program including vulnerability management, provide mitigations, validate proper resolution and help integrate in CI pipeline
• Code Review
• Collaborate with product teams to develop new features with an eye on security
• Assist in vulnerability analysis and incident response
• Coordinate and conduct periodic security reviews of critical workday infrastructure, services, and applications
• Focus on maturing Aktana’s security models, patterns and template
• Evaluate and recommend new security tooling and technologies
• Develop technologies for automated vulnerability detection
• Develop Information Security Plans and Policies
• Participate in security operations support
• Develop and interpret security policies and procedures
• Develop and deliver general security awareness training
• Develop role-based access for all of the employees and contractors

• BS degree in Computer Science or related fields and/or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of experience in Security engineering
• 5+ Application security experience
• Significant knowledge of security best practices for client-server product architectures, focusing predominantly on cloud-based environments.
• Significant knowledge of AWS systems, including EC2, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, Security Hub, Lambda, Terraform CLI, Security Groups, VPCs, WAF, Guard Duty, Inspector, Control Tower, etc.
• Experience with working on various cybersecurity and privacy frameworks, including NIST, SOC, ISO 27000, HITRUST, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.
• Experience with cloud-based security management/IDS/IPS/service management tools, such as JIRA, AlertLogic, PagerDuty, ELK, FIM, Accunetix, Qualys, etc.
• Professional experience in Information Security Analysis, extracting pertinent security data from SIEM solutions and AWS audit, logs, and reports
• Hands on experience in documenting and implementing security controls, mitigations and remediations.
• Knowledge of securing Windows and Linux
• Life-long learner - always looking to stay up to date with latest attack vectors, vulnerabilities, remediation and protection paradigms, etc. - Self-motivated, proactive, driven individual
• Familiarity with ELK, Datadog, Splunk is a plus
• Experience working closely with Security Compliance to uphold security guidelines and control
• Experience in Threat modeling
• Experience in performing security vulnerability assessments, good familiarity with regulations like GDPR/CPRA, PIPL, PIPEDA, and FISMA.
• Programming or scripting experience with a popular modern language utilized by above tools (Java, Python, Ruby, etc.).
• One or more recognized security and cloud specific certifications, e.g., CCSP, SSCP, CISSP, CEH