Checkr, Inc.

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer

Checkr, Inc.

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado

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Salary

💰 $158,000 - $186,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudFirewallsKubernetesTerraform

About the role

  • Drive security initiatives tied with our cloud product infrastructure.
  • Collaborate and coordinate with product, data, platform, and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate security risk.
  • Execute on identifying and resolving infrastructure security issues using the Checkr ways of work and change management processes.
  • Partner with DevOps and reliability teams to create visibility and awareness of security problems and work to prioritize their resolution in a way that respects the business needs.
  • Oversee the management and operationalization of infrastructure security tools, including alert triage, reporting, and monitoring.
  • Drive detection, investigation, response, and remediation of infrastructure security vulnerabilities.
  • Consult and advise on infrastructure security architecture, authentication, configurations, policies, and processes.
  • Participate in risk assessment, compliance, and other security program activities.

Requirements

  • Working familiarity with Terraform, Gitlab, and DevSecOps workflows.
  • Passionate opinions about CI/CD, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies.
  • Expertise in AWS security controls, monitoring, and orchestration (SCPs, Guard Duty, Config, Macie, etc.).
  • Expertise in perimeter infrastructure security Web Application Firewalls (Cloudflare, AWS Shield), Web Application Scanners, monitoring (DataDog), and cloud security compliance standards.
  • In-depth technical knowledge of security engineering, network security, authentication, security protocols, and vulnerability management.
  • Deep understanding of applying defensive infrastructure automation, advanced threat detection, and attack prevention.
  • 4+ years experience in the security infrastructure space.
  • Brownie Points: Deep knowledge of shifting left in security for infrastructure as code.
  • Brownie Points: Working knowledge of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Vulnerability Management Tools.
  • Brownie Points: Proven track record of implementing and/or managing SIEM/SOAR platforms.
  • Brownie Points: Conducted or participated in disaster recovery exercises.
  • Brownie Points: Experience with the Atlassian suite of products (Confluence, Jira, etc).
  • Brownie Points: Working in a fast-paced startup environment.