Cybersecurity Sr Software Engineer

Atlanta, GA
$99,000-165,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

1 day ago

Company Cox Automotive - USAJob Family Group Engineering / Product DevelopmentJob Profile Sr Software EngineerManagement Level Individual ContributorFlexible Work Option Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the weekTravel % Yes, 5% of the timeWork Shift DayCompensation Compensation includes a base salary of $99,000.00 - $165,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.Job DescriptionJob Purpose:The Cybersecurity Sr Software Engineer helps build automated solutions around our security tools. This individual will help guide the team to contribute to these initiatives with high software quality in mind. They will also guide technical and security engineering discussions within the team, and will be seen as an authority on secure coding, secure infrastructure, and secure design best practices. They will help to imagine and shape the systems and process flows on incorporating security organically into the engineering teams’ day to day workflows.This engineer will work with AWS and other cloud technologies as well as a variety of commercial and open source security products and frameworks. While this is an individual contributor role, you’ll be involved in many aspects – help evolve our existing architecture, reduce complexity, work with engineering teams to improve operations, and implement and operationalization new security tooling, as needed. Beyond automation of onboarding or usage of our application security tools, we strive for continuous improvement of processes and the integration of best practices. We’re looking for someone who has an interest in application security, cloud technologies and a passion to help the organization create secure-by-default world-class software.Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Security Engineering Director, serves as a member of the Security Engineering Enablement team
Works with partner engineering teams to create applications and services that align to the Security Engineering’s mission and goals to integrate security seamlessly into our dev teams’ workflow
Leverages technology (tools, capabilities, processes) to level up software engineering teams’ secure coding practices and knowledge
Operationalizes off the shelf application security tools to help engineering teams build, deploy and deliver secure software
Provide situational white glove service to critical business engineering teams
Must be able to help engineering teams fix application security defects using a variety of technology stacks
Promotes incorporation of security processes and practices to make security an organic part of a declarative pipeline model (e.g. CICD practices)
Communicate process and tool automation improvements to the Product Owner, as opportunities and repeating concerns are observed
Helps define the team’s tasks and objectives, based on continuing analysis of service requests
Creates automation solutions to support tool administration and operation
Consistently exhibits a positive attitude and desire to help the team to succeed
Design and build monitoring systems for developed automation applications and services
Participate in On-call rotation with the team (once every 3-4 weeks)
Consistently meets or exceeds predefined support and services Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
Executes tasks with minimal supervision

Essential Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years’ experience in a related field
Bachelor’s Degree; preferably Computer Science major, Cybersecurity Software Engineering or equivalent experience
Proven and demonstrable experience building software applications with C# and python
Proven and demonstrable experience with front end or JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJS
Experience designing and implementing automated solutions using Cloud native technologies
Strong cloud infrastructure experience in AWS
Solid understanding of DevOps - automated deployments and release orchestration
Solid understanding of containers and microservice architecture
An understanding of the latest cybersecurity best practices, and related security tools such as SAST, SCA, DAST
Excellent communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent attention to detail

Desirable Skills:

Masters in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent experience
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code technology such as Terraform
An understanding of deployment methodologies like Blue/Green, Canary, etc.
Familiarity with various Cloud monitoring tools (Cloudwatch, New Relic, Splunk)
Familiarity with networking and network security
Experience with scalable networking technologies and architecture
Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management
Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as OS (Linux and Windows), Network, Database, Server, Storage etc.
Comfortable with build and deploy tools
Experience managing, building, debugging and deploying Docker containers and microservice architecture
Experience with GenAI and Agentic architecture

Drug Testing To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.Benefits The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.About Us Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

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