Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Expel

$167.3-242.6k

+ bonus eligibility and equity. While the full salary band reflects our long-term compensation framework, we're primarily targeting candidates between $195,000 and $225,000 based on experience, skills, and market data

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Linux

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

Cyber security threat detection & management

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Cyber security threat detection & management

501-1000 employees

B2BSecuritySaaSAPICyber SecurityCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

$167.3-242.6k

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Linux

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BSecuritySaaSAPICyber SecurityCloud Computing

Company mission

Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A passion for learning and improving your work product
Significant experience operating Kubernetes within highly distributed environments
Experience running systems in GCP or AWS
Exposure to monitoring and observability infrastructure and standard methodologies
An understanding of infrastructure-as-code practices, tools, and patterns
Some experience developing software in Linux environments, preferably with Python and/or Golang
A customer-minded approach that enables the success of platform users as well as building trust across the organization
A collaborative disposition that allows you to work optimally on and across teams
Six years of systems experience either in operations or development
Missing some items on the list? That's ok! We still want to talk to you!

What the job involves

Lead project work to build and maintain platform features that cut across the Expel product’s reliability, networking, and cloud infrastructure
Contribute by pushing IaC commits daily, with occasional opportunities to write and test application code in Python, Golang, and Javascript
Mentor and motivate service owners on how to use the platform in order to deploy, measure, monitor, and operate their own services at scale
Participate in a weekly support rotation that includes taking the on-call pager and providing nearly on-demand working-hours support to platform users
Lead incident response, triage, and root cause analysis support
Poke fun at our leadership team in creative ways

Application process

We respect your time. You’ll hear from us by the end of the next business day after completing an interview
We also have a goal that all Expletives have a great manager and have a voice in how their team is run and who runs it. It’s not the shortest process in the industry, but you’ll get to meet nearly everyone you’ll work with day-to-day and your Engineering leadership. New Expletives consistently say our interview process gave them an accurate picture of what it’s like to work here
Here’s our 3-stage process for this position (5.5 hours total interviewing time):
Chat with a recruiter (30 min)
Video interview with hiring manager (Engineering Manager) (60 minutes)
Pair programming interview (with two engineers) (60 minutes)
“Virtual onsite interview” (can be scheduled contiguous or broken up, 60 minutes each):
Engineering leadership (Engineering Director and Manager of Delivery Experience)
System design interview (with two engineers)
Technology and skills interview (with two engineers)

Our take

As ransomware and hacking threats rise, identifying and resolving breaches in security must be done quickly. Lack of transparency in cybersecurity makes it difficult for engineers to detect, understand, and fix the issues as fast as possible. Expel is aiming to redefine what a security operations centre and managed detection service look like in the modern age.

Though the company faces competition from the vast number of cybersecurity platforms, Expel positions itself as a viable alternative to the service delivery model of managed security service providers (MSSPs) by offering a comprehensive management platform that connects to its customers’ tech remotely through APIs, providing fast detection and clear solutions.

Having reached unicorn status, the company is establishing a stronger presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets, capturing business in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Its 2022 funding is being used to accelerate sustainable growth, continue the company's international expansion, and push forward with go-to-market initiatives.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

17% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2022

$31m

SERIES E

Nov 2021

$140.3m

SERIES E

Total funding: $288.8m

Company benefits

Flexible work hours and locations
Unlimited time off - includes vacation, personal days, and an annual company-wide restorative day
24 weeks parental leave when you, your spouse or your domestic partner gives birth to a child, adopts a child or becomes a foster parent (first 12 weeks paid)
Military leave
Paid annual conference - we reimburse you up to $2,500 to attend at least one conference every year that helps you move your career forward
One month sabbatical after hitting your 5 year anniversary
Zero-meetings week each quarter - where all Expletives are challenged to reduce the number of internal meetings on their calendar all the way to zero
Medical insurance through the Cigna Open Access Plus HRA plan
Dental & vision insurance through Guardian
Team touchdowns - Expel Teams are encouraged to come together quarterly for planning, for connecting, for energizing and maybe a little fun
Fitness stipend
Cell phone stipend
Employee Assistance Program
Telemedicine (Cigna’s Telehealth Connection)
Access to the popular mental health platforms, Ginger and Talkspace
BenefitHub - a web portal where Expel employees can enjoy discounts, cash back rewards and perks on thousands of brands in a variety of categories!
Retirement 401(k) account provided by Principal
Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Cigna)
Flexible Spending Accounts
Student loan refinancing

Company HQ

Herndon, VA

Leadership

Dave Merkel

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previous CTO of both FireEye and Mandiant (also VP, Products and Threat Management Services). Previously worked as the Senior Technical Director at America Online and for the US Air Force as an Assistant Chief of Intrusion Invasions.

Justin Bajko

(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)

Previous Managing Director (MCIRT Operations) at Mandiant and Senior Manager of Global Security Analysis at Symantec. Previously worked as a Network Administrator at Clinical Trial Management Services, and was a Network and Systems Administrator at MiniFibers.

Yanek Korff

(Co-Founder & COO)

Previous COO at Expel. Current Board Member at ThreatSwitch and Investor at Berg Capital Group. Previous Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Ntrepid Corp and CP an CTO at FireEye.

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