Senior Security Software Engineer, OpenGov
$120-260k
+ Bonus
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
Open for applications
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$120-260k
+ Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power more effective and accountable government.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience required
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, or application security
- Platform security experience in security platform control planes
- Security architecture, secure code review, API security, threat modeling, zero-trust, and Secure-by-Default practices
- Operating and network security systems experience
- Troubleshoot complex encryption and network issues
- Experience with identity and access management best practices such as TTL, JIT, and least-privilege access
- Experience with Cyber Security, and reverse engineering malware
- 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 some SAST, DAST, or SCA tooling
- 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 Sr Security Software Engineer at OpenGov, you will work closely with product and engineering teams to build secure systems for agile security
- 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
- 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
- Drive conversations with IC and Management leadership to influence business decisions based on risk
- Advocate, build and foster for a Security Champions program across engineering
- Lead a Secure-by-Default program through automation to prevent security issues at scale
- Lead a data driven program to highlight the effectiveness of security initiatives
- Automate secure cloud operations, and automate SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling in SecDevOps engineering pipelines
- Proactively identify, research, and provide a risk based approach to automate vulnerability management
- 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 digitizes, governments must innovate their operations in order to deliver the highest standard of service. OpenGov offers cloud software products to help governments manage performance, improve budgeting, and visualize 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.
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Insights
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 values
- What we say we’ll do
- We have passion for the mission
- We drive for customer impact
Company HQ
Trinidad, San Jose, CA
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Leadership
Zachary Bookman
(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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