Staff Security Engineer, Gusto
Cloud Security
$190-245k
Actual salary range is dependent on location. Offers stock equity.
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Be an early applicant
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$190-245k
Actual salary range is dependent on location. Offers stock equity.
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS security best practices and a proven track record of designing and implementing secure cloud architectures You will be a key player in shaping the future of our AWS cloud security posture and will have the opportunity to work on a varity of challenging and rewarding projects
- 10+ years of experience in a hands-on cloud security role
- Expert-level knowledge of AWS security best practices and services
- Proven experience designing and implementing secure multi-account AWS strategies
- Deep understanding of IAM and experience with implementing least privilege and RBAC in a complex environment
- Strong network architecture skills and a detailed knowledge of all major AWS network-oriented services
- Expertise in encryption standards and key management, including KMS, CloudHSM, and Secrets Manager
- CI/CD expertise
- IaC (infrastructure as code) expertise
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Staff Cloud Security Engineer to join our growing team
- Design and implement secure and scalable multi-account AWS strategies, including the automation of account creation and security baseline enforcement
- Develop and implement a comprehensive IAM strategy for a multi-account ecosystem, focusing on least privilege and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Lead the architectural design and rollout of permissions, ensuring a seamless and secure experience for our developers and operations teams
- Take ownership of the security of our AWS environment, including the implementation of security controls, monitoring, and incident response
- Leveraging your deep knowledge of AWS networking services such as VPC, Network Firewall, NAT Gateway, NACLs, Shield, CloudFront, and Cloud WAN
- Implement and manage encryption standards across all AWS services, including KMS, CloudHSM, Secrets Manager, EBS encryption, and S3 encryption
- Develop and implement a comprehensive tagging strategy for security and cost management purposes
- Familiarity with AWS Service control policies (SCPs)
- Familiarity with AWS Config and best practice implementations of security tooling
- Implementation of detections and alerting based on AWS Cloudtrail logs
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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