Senior Security Engineer, Mozilla
Infrastructure Security
$94-139k
Salary range based on candidate location. Performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$94-139k
Salary range based on candidate location. Performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- Successful candidates will have meaningful experience in one or more areas like GCP/AWS/Azure cloud security techniques, data security methodologies, vulnerability management and have extensive experience with security in all varieties of infrastructure
- 3+ years of relevant hands-on experience in a cybersecurity domain designing, publishing and building security practices
- 3+ years of experience translating technical and administrative security controls into actionable platform configurations
- 3+ years of experience in any cybersecurity domain(s)
- A B.S. in Computer Science or relevant certifications would be lovely, but passion, curiosity, and real-world experience are preferred
- Strong infrastructure security knowledge, from high level architectural concepts down to the implementation
- Experience securing large-scale deployments in major cloud stacks (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including automating controls and use of API functions
- Security architecture background and experience, public cloud and on-premise
- Proficiency in using Terraform and Github Actions to automate the deployment and security configuration of infrastructure
- Experience with CNAPP / CSPM / CWPP solutions
- Experience with Web Application Firewalls
- Experience with Container Security (understanding how to secure containerized applications)
- Experience in vulnerability management
- Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to improve security within CI/CD pipelines
- Development skills primarily in Python and Go. You should feel comfortable operating the services for the code you write and documenting it for others
- Log aggregation and analysis techniques, and you're familiar with the concepts of common SIEM technology such as Splunk
- Experience in ensuring compliance with CIS benchmarks
- Soft skills (patience, communication skills, cross-functional teamwork, remote working)
- Writing documentation and proposals “skills”
- Experience work tracking in JIRA
- Interest in and ability to work with a distributed team (requires good asynchronous written communication skills as well as good verbal communication skills)
- Happy to provide and receive constructive feedback
- Will contribute by asking questions and proposing new ideas
- A love of working with others collaboratively
- Commitment to our values:
- Welcoming differences
- Being relationship-minded
- Practicing responsible participation
- Having grit
What the job involves
- Working closely with partners across Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), IT, and along with other departments across Mozilla, the Security Engineer ensures that systems and services are secured through the implementation of technical and administrative security controls
- As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be hardening and guiding recommendations for Mozilla’s systems and networks, infrastructure, application security services, and company assets, while ensuring the mission of privacy and security is upheld at all times
- This is a hands-on role, and you will collaborate with other teams to guide proper security practices throughout the company
- Protect the services our products like Firefox, Pocket, etc depend on from security risks and attacks
- Design, implement, and maintain tooling, systems and processes for securing our cloud infrastructure
- Design, review and improve the security controls of the organization
- Write, maintain, and expand security automation and monitoring tools
- Work with developers and operations across the organization to keep infrastructure safe
- Work with cross functional teams, building relationships and fostering collaboration to reach shared goals
- Continually work to improve Mozilla’s security posture by partnering and supporting other parts of the cybersecurity organization as well as contributing to improving security practices and procedures
- Help to level-up the skills of your fellow engineers through security reviews, giving talks and presentations, and/or writing documentation
- Work with driven, committed team members to bring the open web to people around the world
Our take
Mozilla develops a range of free and open-source software, with its most familiar product being Firefox. Operated with a mission-driven, not0for-profit ethos, Mozilla champions online privacy, open standards and user-choice.
Beyond Firefox, Mozilla has focused on privacy forward offerings such as Mozilla VPN, which allows users to browse securely without being tracked. The company has also streamlined its product portfolio to concentrate on initiatives that align closely with its core mission, ensuring resources are dedicated to improving user experiences while fostering safer, more open digital environments.
Alongside this, its impact extends into the developer and tech community, having played a pivotal role in the creation of Rust, a systems programming language celebrated for its speed and efficiency. With a loyal user base, ongoing innovation, and a clear commitment to privacy and open-source principles, Mozilla remains an influential player in the technology landscape.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2018
$1.2m
GRANT
Jan 2005
$0.3m
ANGEL
Total funding: $3.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Mozilla covers medical, dental and vision plan premiums at 100% for U.S. and Canadian employees. Our offerings give you the options you need to manage your health — and your family’s — the way you want.
- Mental health: Mental health is as important as our physical health. That’s why Mozilla’s health benefits include therapy and coaching sessions to make sure our people have access to the care they need.
- Time away: With all of life’s demands, time away from work to disconnect and recharge is essential. In addition to country-specific holidays (12 in the U.S. and Canada), vacation and sick time start accruing right away (specifics vary by country). Everyone also takes a pause together on quarterly all-company wellness days, plus you get to celebrate the most personal holiday of all: your birthday.
- Parental leave: While Mozilla’s parental leave policies vary globally, our U.S. and Canadian-based employees can look forward to 26 weeks of paid leave for childbearing parents and 12 weeks of paid leave for non-childbearing parents.
- Financial: Mozilla is a private company, so our compensation isn’t tied to stock options or equity plans. Instead, we offer generous, performance-based bonus plans to all regular employees to underscore that we share in our success as one team. As for retirement savings for US and Canadian employees, Mozilla contributes a percentage of your eligible base salary each year to the 401(k) Plan/RRSP (regardless of whether you contribute or not), with 100% vesting.
- Learning and development: We’re big believers in learning by doing, and we also want to invest in your education and development beyond your role. Every employee is eligible for an annual professional development budget. Mozillians can put it toward technical or management training, certifications, conferences and more.
- Help when you need it: Life is full of surprises; that’s why it’s important to be prepared. Mozilla provides Life/AD&D and Short and Long Term Disability insurance (offerings may vary by locale) to ensure that you and your family will have a safety net in place should you ever need it.
- Plus a bit more: A few other benefits include a quarterly wellbeing stipend (to use on those things just for you), an employee referral bonus, internet reimbursement if you’re remote, and a budget for office essentials to make working remotely ergonomically comfortable.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Chambers
(CEO)Alongside serving as the CEO at Mozilla, Laura is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Previously, she was the CEO and PResident at Willow Innovation, Director at Patelco Credit Union, and General Manager of Core Hosts & Community at Airbnb.
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