DevOps Engineer, Synack
$100-160k
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Security testing platform
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Security testing platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-160k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create technology that unleashes the best cybersecurity talent to secure our digital world.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an awesome DevOps/Infrastructure Automation Engineer with expertise in automated infrastructure build tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Salt
- You have knowledge of Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure and the networking/security constructs of their Public Cloud environments
- We understand this is a complex role and do not expect all candidates to possess knowledge of every tool we use--but we do expect the motivation and ability to learn/adapt/overcome challenges with a winning attitude
- 3+ years of experience deploying and supporting scalable and high availability infrastructure utilizing CI/CD tools
- 3+ years of experience supporting SaaS or PaaS in an GCP, Azure, or AWS production high-traffic environment - (must have experience with GCP providers)
- 3+ years of scripting skills in Golang and/or Ruby preferred
- Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis
- Experience with message broker/queue technologies like PubSub or Kafka
- Strong background in Linux/Unix and networking concepts
- Experience with event monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, GCP Operations Suite (Stackdriver/Cloud Trace), and Splunk
- Cloud automation experience using tools such as GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack
- Container Orchestration experience using Kubernetes
- Experience automating tasks with advanced scripting skills
Desirable
- Understand security in a systems environment (What does a kernel-based rootkit look like?)
- A technical degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. To us, DevOps is a combination of great systems engineering and software engineering
- Experience with side projects where you’ve learned to apply new technologies, frameworks or programming languages
What the job involves
- This role requires hands-on programming and iterative development for various infrastructure components including web stacks, database systems, security tools, and networking/cloud environment configurations
- You will work closely with the Engineering teams to ensure proper software support, monitoring, and security policies
- Leverage extensive knowledge and understanding across multiple infrastructure software automation projects and CI/CD pipelines while partnering with Engineering, Product Management, InfoSec, and QA to define and execute against technical designs following industry best practices
- Work as a member of feature teams to deliver on the infrastructure portion of the product
- Predict and deliver improvements across a diverse scope to our automated infrastructure components within an DevSecOps methodology
- Enhance monitoring and alerting across the Synack production application while creating new alerts and responding to issues as needed
- Tune automation to overcome systems performance and stability issues and devise solutions based on limited information and precedent to resolve issues
- Create automated tests around our infrastructure suite to improve reliability
Our take
As the cyberthreat landscape continues to get more complex, there is a need for sophisticated solutions. Fuelled by expertise in countering kinetic and cyber threats, Synak was founded to deliver on-demand security testing to meet this need.
Synack fosters an ecosystem where world-class security researchers collaborate to provide continuous penetration testing and vulnerability management. This allows the company not only to supply actionable results but also to cultivate a community-based approach to knowledge sharing.
In 2022, Synack was integrated into Microsoft Intelligence. This allowed it to bolster its innovation through collaboration with Microsoft's vast resources and expertise. As a result, Synack has fortified its position at the forefront of cutting-edge security solutions, and continues to launch new capabilities to address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2020
$52m
SERIES D
Apr 2017
$21.3m
SERIES C
Total funding: $107.3m
Company benefits
- Ample Holidays and Time Off: Depending on where you are in the world, we offer the best and most accommodating time off policies, bar none. We believe in working hard to play hard
- Paid Parental Leave: Proud parent-to-be? We are thrilled for you and recognize this is a time you don't want to miss. Synack provides team members with a generous paid parental leave policy
- 100% Covered Health Plan Benefit: Our people are our greatest asset, and that's why we invest in high-quality healthcare coverage for our employees with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits in the U.S.
Company values
- Solving Big Problems: We love tough challenges and are always reaching for ambitious goals. We tackle them with innovative ideas, tenacity and by empowering our teams to solve big problems
- Passion for our Mission and Customers: We love helping to protect our customers by bringing deep expertise, experience and thoughtful partnerships
- Strive for Excellence: We have exceptionally high standards, are outcome driven and never stop focusing on improvements
- We are a Team: We believe that respect and trust of each other’s unique experiences are the foundations of great teams and we foster accessibility, openness and transparency
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
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Leadership
Jay Kaplan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from the George Washington University with an MS in Engineering Management. Previously worked as a Computer Scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency and as a Senior CNO Analyst at the National Security Agency.
Mark K.
(Co-Founder & CTO)Graduated from Auburn University with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Previously worked as an Advisor at CloudKnox Security and as a CNE Analyst at Novetta.
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