Senior Security Engineer
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Security Engineer to join our growing team. For the first 6 months you will:
Bolster and develop our defensive security capabilities, identifying advanced threats to Workato, developing and implementing countermeasures
Responding to incidents and conducting investigations as events happen through analyzing logs and various other sources (ex: AWS Guardduty, SecurityHub, Detective, etc.)
Engineer and automate custom detection and response capabilities to combat malicious and/or unwanted behaviors within the environment
Stay up to date with Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that may apply to Workato and define and implement mitigation techniques to improve our overall risk posture
You will be part of a new product security team responsible for building, supporting, enhancing and improving our security frameworks, tools, processes and methodologies used across our SDLC and Runtime environments.
In this role, you will also be responsible to:
Conduct in-depth vulnerability assessments and security auditing of assets
Develop and improve processes for incident detection and the execution of countermeasures
Contribute to the creation and upkeep of run books to handle security incidents
Administer security configuration for threat management platforms for large-scale environments, including security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) and security information and event management (SIEM) tools
Contribute and showcase Workato as a SOAR platform used within Workatos Security Operations
Provide guidance on security architecture for threat detection and response systems used as a part of the overall security operations
Consult with our security compliance team during security audits to demonstrate our technical security capabilities
Collaborate with Product Management and Development team members to enhance our Security program
Take part in the Security Operations on-call rotation, including leading all incident response efforts and documentation during your rotation
Requirements
Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills
At least 5+ years of multifaceted defensive and offensive security experience in an enterprise Saas-based company
Strong technical knowledge and deep experience in security logging and monitoring, vulnerability assessment, risk-based analysis, and vulnerability mitigation
A skilled security expert who can implement tools and processes to incorporate threat intelligence from the ground up and automate threat-hunting
Operational experience with AWS security solutions (e.g Inspector, Guarduty, Detective, Security Hub, Advanced Shield)
Hands-on experience designing and deploying security controls across all security domains, such as access management, data protection, vulnerability management, incident response and management, application security, network security, preventive, detective, and offensive security solutions
Capable of leveraging programming and/or scripting languages to solve practical day-to-day security challenges (Python, Go, Ruby)
Strong understanding of encryption technologies (e.g, TLS, HMAC, RSA, AES, PKI)
Strong understanding of Web-related technologies (e.g, HTTP, SOAP, REST, TCP / IP)
Experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating targeted threats
Experience and knowledge of common penetration testing techniques, application security vulnerabilities, OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, CWE, etc
Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Information security professional certifications are a plus (CLSSP, CISSP, CISA, GSSP, GSEC, etc.)
Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics
Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and comfortable with ambiguity
