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• Interview Process: 1 round – 1-hour virtual panel interview

Job Description:

• Client is seeking an experienced Lead Information Security Engineer (Information security Engineer 4 - Contingent) to join client’s Cloud Workload Lifecycle Security (CWLS) team, within the Cybersecurity – Vulnerability & Patch Management organization.
• Be a part of one of the core teams working on Client’s digital transformation; join client’s dynamic, diverse, fast-paced team environment where client secure and reduce risk for client’s Enterprise cloud migration.
• The Information security Engineer 4 – Contingent – Posture Management Engineer will support the SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) tool, with specific focus on Posture Management module.
• This area of client’s team specializes in engineering and support for Public Cloud & SaaS applications such as Salesforce, ServiceNow with emphasis on mis-configuration detection and configuration drift monitoring and the associated integrations to partner systems for logging, delivery of Findings, etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leveraging your deep expertise with automation to “semi-automate” Policy as Code development, leveraged to monitor for SaaS application misconfiguration/config. drift
• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for SSPM capabilities, roadmap features, and best practices specific
• Enable, configure and tune SSPM detection policies
• Ability to efficiently transform security requirements/parameters into policies for SSPM
• Strong collaboration with direct teammates, vendors and partners, ensuring the success of policy development automation
• Lead technical/engineering requirement gathering discussions and effectively design/develop complex solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve support escalation cases related to SSPM
• Contribute to internal code repositories to continuously improve overall code quality for the team
• Develop and maintain high-quality documentation
• Train team members on utilizing the PaC semi-automation tooling/approach you establish for client’s policy development practice
• Be a motivated self-starter, quick to adapt and stay focused on delivering results in a fast-paced environment with aggressive deadlines
• Work effectively with a virtual Team consisting of members across various locations in the U.S. and India

Required Skills:

• 5 plus years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4 plus years of Intermediate to Advanced experience with Python and automation
• 2 plus years of practical experience and strong understanding of Azure & Google public cloud – platforms, services, configurations, workloads & hardening practices
• 1 plus year of experience with SaaS Security Posture Management tools like Obsidian security, AppOmni
• Experience with extracting, transforming, and loading data via REST API endpoints
• Advanced experience with Python programming/automation
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently, as well as having strong interpersonal skills to work effectively within a Team and with partners
• Strong analytical skills, proven critical thinking capabilities and ability to solve complex problems with minimal direct oversight
• Intermediate to advanced experience working with Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, MS Teams, SharePoint)
• Ability to handle multiple, high priority deliverables concurrently
• Ability to communicate confidentially, professionally, and effectively, in both written and verbal formats, with stakeholders and partners
• 1 plus year experience working on teams practicing Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies

Desired Skills:

• 1 plus year of deep Obsidian Security experience, in either an engineering or support role
• Knowledge and understanding of DevSecOps and deployment automation to cloud environments
• Expertise and experience with API driven policy automation
• Expertise and experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and/or Policy as Code (PaC) concepts/tools
• Expertise with automated testing
• Intermediate to advanced experience with Kubernetes, preferably AKS/GKE
• Familiarity with various cloud security and related risk frameworks (Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), CIS, NIST, etc.)
• Experience with change and incident management practices in large enterprises
• Security certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or equivalent, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CCSK
• Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Certifications