Head of Security and IT, GitGuardian

Salary not provided

+ Stock-options

AWS
Kubernetes
Python
Bash
Terraform
Okta
Google Workspace
Mid and Senior level
Paris

2+ days a week in office

GitGuardian

Code security platform for the DevOps generation

Open for applications

GitGuardian

Code security platform for the DevOps generation

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ Stock-options

AWS
Kubernetes
Python
Bash
Terraform
Okta
Google Workspace
Mid and Senior level
Paris

2+ days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Company mission

To help organisations secure the modern way of building software and foster collaboration between developers, cloud operations and security teams.

Role

Who you are

  • This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values autonomy and wants to make a significant impact on a growing security-focused company. If you're pragmatic in your approach to security and excited about building scalable solutions, we want to hear from you!
  • Experience in people management as well as coaching and mentoring junior engineers
  • Proven experience as a Security Engineer in a scaling company, having already built security monitoring & alerting systems
  • Significant background (2+ years) deploying or securing assets on a cloud provider (AWS preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with container technologies and Kubernetes in production (having deployed K8s clusters is a bonus)
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash)
  • Experience with CI/CD systems and automation
  • Deep understanding of web application security
  • Previous involvement with SOC2 or ISO27001 certification processes
  • Excellent communication skills in English (our company's first language)

Desirable

  • Small team management
  • French language proficiency
  • Experience using Terraform to automate IAM
  • Familiarity with SaaS administration (Google Workspace, Okta, HashiCorp Vault)
  • Previous experience managing HashiCorp Vault clusters

What the job involves

  • As Head of Security and IT at GitGuardian, you'll be at the forefront of protecting a company that protects others
  • You'll lead a dedicated security and IT team (comprising a Security Engineer and an IT apprentice), with opportunities to grow the team further. You’ll work closely with the Senior Engineering Managers who lead our engineering tribes and our Infrastructure team, who ensure our systems' reliability, security, and scalability
  • This is a hands-on management role and your key responsibilities will include:
  • Leading our security strategy, managing our security budget and resources efficiently
  • Maintaining our SOC2 and ISO27001 certifications
  • Enhancing our security infrastructure through strategic initiatives:
  • On the company level (securing important assets like source code, building internal security self-service tools,
  • On the product level (maintaining production security standards)
  • Collaborating with our security researchers and supporting sales efforts
  • Mentoring your team (20-30% of the time)
  • Securing a security product, adding an exciting meta-layer to your work
  • Working with a modern, cutting-edge tech stack (Terraform, Okta, Python)
  • Joining a dynamic team where you can shape security processes and culture
  • High autonomy and flexibility in building and scaling the security function

Application process

  • 1. Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member
  • To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match
  • 2. Interview with your future manager
  • To know more about yourself and your achievements, and present to you the team
  • 3. Technical interview
  • To evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role
  • 4. Final interview with a Senior Manager
  • To detail our company’s vision and ambitions for the next couple of years

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Insights

Top investors

62% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • 🌴 A remote-friendly environment up to 3 days / week
  • 💸 An attractive package that includes stock-options
  • 💻 The latest setup equipment including cool apps, tools and technologies
  • 👊 Working to develop a meaningful product → we already helped more than 200k developers!
  • 🍺 Lots of team-building activities
  • 🚀 Many opportunities for career development in the long term
  • 📈 A strong engineering culture
  • 🐕 Pet-friendly offices → every Guardian gets to bring their dogs to the office and we love it!
  • 👫 Lots of trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Dec 2021

$44m

SERIES B

Oct 2019

$10.5m

SERIES A

Total funding: $56.4m

Our take

The twin uptakes of GitHub usage and cloud architectures have resulted in the propagation of digital authentication credentials in both public and private code repositories. Think APIs, cryptographic keys and login credentials.

GitGuardian has become 100,000s of developers’ wingman in identifying these secrets in real time, securing enterprise software with bottom-up adoption.

The startup has also built from its secret detection expertise and extended its technology to encode a wide variety of vulnerabilities to compete with legacy code security platforms. In 2021, GitGuardian raised an impressive $44 million in order to accelerate this innovation.

So far, GitGuardian’s laser-sharp focus on secret detection has allowed it to carve out a lucrative niche, but the expansion of its technology will bring it into direct competition with well-established cyber security giants. The company is gathering momentum, however, and is likely to scale in line with its technology in the coming years.

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