Security Software Engineer, OpenGov
Cyber Security
$105-175k
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
Job no longer available
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$105-175k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power more effective and accountable government.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone that is passionate to enable engineering teams to address product and enterprise risk while maintaining business velocity and scaling for growth
- This role requires someone that is self-motivated and disciplined to drive collaboration and impact through security strategy, threat modeling, developing tools for security-at-scale and execution
- BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience required
- 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, or cyber security
- Experience in malware reverse engineering
- Experience in the red/blue/purple team, and hunting exercises
- Security architecture, secure code review, API security, threat modeling, zero-trust, and secure-by-default practices
- Experience with identity and access management best practices such as TTL, JIT, and least-privilege access
- Experience in Java, Python, or C++ or C# or equivalent program language
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with AWS cloud security, container technology, and CI/CD systems
- Experience with EDR, Threat Intelligence, and Phishing tools
- Experience in building software using event-driven architecture is highly desirable
- Strong understanding of secure software development life cycle (SSDLC) methodologies
What the job involves
- As a Security Software Engineer III at OpenGov, you will work closely with product and engineering teams to build secure systems for agile security.
- You'll be helping to build best-in-class SaaS solutions that enable efficiency, transparency, and accountability within government agencies.
- You'll be a key member of our Global Security team, leading complex projects in a fast-paced, agile environment driving towards a Secure-by-Default future
- A typical day in this role would provide multiple opportunities to lead and design well scoped security services, implement and optimize complex security applications for speed and scalability, and resolve various unique technical challenges.
- The role provides you the ability to become subject matter expert in one or more security technical areas. Strong collaboration skills with the product, UX, and platform engineers, ability to navigate ambiguity and execute quickly will enable your success
- Independently design, implement and develop high-quality tools that are scalable, secure, and maintainable
- Strong communication skills in writing and verbal to articulate security initiatives to any audience in the organization
- Lead information security investigations and events
- Manage the relationship with external cyber security vendors
- Automate secure cloud operations, incident response, insider threat, threat intel, and phishing response
- Create and operate SOPs, and playbooks for a SOC
- Triage security alerts through log analysis from multiple sources
- Develop security signatures for scalability leveraging MITRE best practices and tools such as SIGMA
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, for threat-modeling, providing security guidance for employees to make the right decisions
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues
- Drive continuous improvement of secure development processes, tools and operational excellence
- Mentor and guide junior security software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Stay current with emerging security and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate
- Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality
Our take
As the world digitises, governments must innovate their operations to deliver the highest standard of service. OpenGov offers cloud software products to help governments manage performance, improve budgeting, and visualise operational intelligence, as well as providing comprehensive open data.
OpenGov is the leader in local government software. Its cloud-based products, which aided a number of public agencies through the pandemic, include citizen services, procurement, budgeting and planning capabilities - made comprehensive by a series of strategic acquisitions. The company's coherent and integrated software solution significantly reduces the stress on government systems, allowing them to work smarter and better for their citizens.
OpenGov serves over 1,600 governments across the US, and continues to secure new clients. It also has made several partnerships towards improving its range of services which will enable it to remain a powerful tool for governments wishing to digitally transform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2022
$50m
LATE VC
Oct 2021
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $228m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Unlimited vacation
- Mission-driven colleagues
- World-class healthcare
- Professional development
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Zachary Bookman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding OpenGov, was a Principal for Formation 8 and a Special Advisor with ISAF in Afghanistan, focusing on rule of law and governance.
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