DevOps Engineer, Cobalt
$109-137k
+ Equity Plan
More information about location
Penetration testing software provider
Open for applications
Penetration testing software provider
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$109-137k
+ Equity Plan
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become the world's interface to the security workforce.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in Cloud Operations, DevOps, or SRE roles
- Strong expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, especially GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and IAM
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and service meshes
- Proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools
- Understanding of networking, security best practices, and database management in a cloud environment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of serverless computing (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions)
- Familiarity with policy-as-code frameworks like OPA (Open Policy Agent)
- Exposure to machine learning workloads on Kubernetes
What the job involves
- Join our innovative team as a DevOps Engineer and be a pivotal part of Cobalt's journey in redefining cybersecurity
- In this role, you will leverage your expertise in devops and cloud infrastructure to drive significant advancements in our Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) platform
- Your contributions will directly impact the way businesses globally detect and manage cybersecurity risks
- Immerse yourself in a culture of learning and excellence, where your work goes beyond coding - it's about building a safer digital future
- Deploy, manage, and optimize GKE clusters to run containerized applications
- Ensure scalability, availability, and security of microservices in Kubernetes
- Implement service mesh solutions (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and traffic management strategies
- Design and maintain cloud resources using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management using
- Implement CI/CD pipelines
- Maintain observability tools
- Proactively monitor system health, detect anomalies, and resolve performance bottlenecks
- Establish incident response workflows and participate in on-call rotations
- Manage and optimize cloud databases (Cloud SQL, Firestore, Spanner, BigQuery) to ensure efficient data storage and access
- Implement database backup, replication, and failover strategies
- Enforce IAM policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and network security best practices
- Ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, or other industry standards as required
Our take
Cobalt is a penetration testing platform providing PtaaS to significantly improve the efficiency and deliverability of penetration testing. The company is working to transform a multi-billion dollar industry that is set to grow in value as vulnerabilities become an increasing liability. Usefully for Cobalt, this applies across smaller and larger businesses alike, as the use (and protection) of data becomes increasingly important across all scales.
Its approach, using a curated marketplace of 400+ highly vetted ethical hackers, is pioneering in an industry typically hobbled by inefficient practices. Existing services tend to deliver a PDF list of vulnerabilities at the end of a testing period. Cobalt delivers results in real-time, integrated into the client’s existing environment.
In an age where hacker tech is continuously and rapidly developing, a service allowing companies to match this with continuous (as opposed to periodic) pen-testing will no doubt prove a vital and attractive tool.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2020
$29m
SERIES B
May 2018
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $36.5m
Company benefits
- Equity plan
- 401k matching for retirement savings plan
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible PTO, to support work life balance from anywhere in the US, UK, and Germany
- Monthly WFH stipends for equipment, lunches, wellness and learning & development
- Work directly with experienced senior leaders
- Make your mark in the rapidly expanding PtaaS space
- Join an award-winning “best workplace” and fast growing team
- Medical, dental and life insurance benefits
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sonali Shah
(CEO)Joined Cobalt as CEO in 2024. They are a seasoned Business Leader with more than 20 years of experience scaling high-growth businesses across the cybersecurity landscape.
Lisa Matherly
(CMO)Joined Cobalt as CMO in 2023. They have over 2 decades of experience in B2B Marketing and Cyber Security. Prior to Cobalt, they spent most of their career at McAfee, Intel, and 3Com in various leadership roles across Marketing, Customer Service, and Sales.
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