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Senior Software Security Engineer
| Company | VAST |
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| Location | Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $150000 – $237000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline
- 6+ years experience with building security services and configurations (i.e. IAM, short-lived certificates, API security)
- Development experience in any modern programming language (including but not limited to Python, C++, Rust, Go)
- Experience building, shipping, and supporting security applications in the cloud
- Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system
Responsibilities
- Work with team to design, implement, and maintain a wide variety of backends, tools, and pipelines directly in support of Vast’s mission-critical security services
- Partner with various engineering teams to assist in the implementation and design of their security-sensitive features and services
- Collaborate with team to peer review current software and security practices and to foster an effective and positive work environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on ambiguous problems
- Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)
- Experience working with multiple programming languages
- Experience with API Design
- Deep security knowledge in one or more domains
- Confident communicator, both written and verbal
- Collaborative mindset
- Problem solver with a bias for action
