DevOps Engineer

Company: ThreatX
Location: Denver
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

ThreatX is seeking a talented and highly motivated candidate to fill a DevOps Engineering position in our small team. Like most of the world, we're working remotely these days, so communication skills-both verbal and written-are critical. This role will be filled in our Metro-Denver headquarters (in Louisville, CO) or in Metro-Boston. At ThreatX we're proud of our technology, and of our startup culture. The right candidate will need exemplary skills, a strong work ethic and intrinsic motivation to thrive here. If you love what you do and want to join a team of people who are changing the world of application and API protection, drop us a resume. You: You are a DevOps Engineer who has worked embedded in a number of engineering teams, preferably in the Networking / Security / SaaS space. You have proven your ability to design and build automation, monitoring, and deployment solutions. You know what it means to succeed as a team, and at the same time take personal accountability for your efforts and results. You are motivated by challenge and driven to exceed company, team and individual goals. You love the game and you are excited about building something big and disrupting the application security space. The Role: The DevOps Engineer will work with the engineering team in the design and development of production systems, automation, and processes. The DevOps Engineer plans how to automate and streamline our operations and processes, build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, and troubleshoot and resolve issues in the dev, test, and production environments. The position works with the existing server platform (Docker, Linux, Data Center / AWS Hybrid Cloud, Python, Rust), code management and deployment tools (Git, Ansible, etc.), and collaborative requirements tools to design, develop, test, and deploy solutions as required. This position will work closely with other engineers to maintain seamless integration of server-based components with the entire ThreatX platform. The ideal candidate for this position ensures architecture standards and quality delivery and security protocols are maintained and provides visibility to trends and best practices within their area of responsibility. Responsibilities:

• Accountable for timely design, development, maintenance, and support of key components of the core ThreatX platform.
• Work within the engineering team to ensure efficacy, compatibility, and performance across the Threat X application stack.
• Work with the CTO to ensure security and compliance requirements are satisfied.
• Test and deploy platform components.
• Develop bug fixes, patches and other maintenance releases as required.
• Develop processes and procedures for the development lifecycle.
• Create and maintain documentation on the platform systems and deployment process.
• Maintain and deploy code within the designated code management tools.
• Participate in standups, status reviews and sprint kickoff activities for product releases.
• Participate as directed in product design and planning.
• Must have a strong work ethic and internal drive to thrive in our comfortable, yet unstructured environment.
• Become a master of the ThreatX product and service.
• Build rapport and develop trust with ThreatX leadership and development staff.
• Passionately support ThreatX's commitment to create an outstanding experience for all our customers. Qualifications: Required
  • BS in Computer Science / Math / Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with automation/configuration management using Ansible, Chef or an equivalent.
  • Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
  • Strong server management and operations skills (Docker, Linux, AWS, Data Centers / Hybrid Cloud).
  • In-depth Linux knowledge.
  • Shell and automation scripting experience (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.).
  • NoSQL/distributed database familiarity (Mongo preferred).
  • Experience working with high-performance / HA systems deployment and management.
  • Network/socket programming.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong, trusted relationships.
  • Entrepreneurial and willing to do what is required for success.
  • Expertise in Agile development methodology.
  • Expertise embedded in agile software development team.
  • Strong attention to detail. Qualifications: Preferred
    • Knowledge of the security industry, protocols, and methods.
    • Experience working in a startup.
    • Knowledge of networks and Windows/UNIX/Linux/Solaris operation systems.
    • Knowledge of perimeter security (IDS/IPS, Firewall, Anti-Virus, WAF).
    • Experience designing and deploying servers and workloads in a distributed, global, hybrid-cloud network.
    • Recent experience deploying and provisioning both cloud workloads and bare metal servers.

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