Company Overview: At Praetorian, we are bringing together the world's brightest minds in pursuit of solving the cybersecurity problem by reducing the friction of security and enabling the next wave of technological innovation. From projects that range from cryptocurrency exchanges to autonomous vehicles and from medical device platforms to space telescopes, we apply expertise and engineering to help secure our customers.  

Career opportunity:

• Join an industry with massive socio, economic, and political importance in the 21st century
• Work alongside some of the best and the brightest minds in the security industry
• Partner with prominent clients and help them solve hard security problems
• Leave an indelible mark on a company where individual input has a real impact
• Align your career trajectory with a hyper-growth company that is on the move 

Core responsibilities:

• Lead challenging engagements that assess the security of modern and complex cloud stacks
• Work with customers, provide subject matter expertise, and leave their security better than when we found it
• Optimize existing cloud offerings, update our methodologies and deliverables, and help grow the skillsets of the team
• Generate thought leadership that helps establish Praetorian as the premier cloud security company
• Provide technical mentorship to less experienced engineers and help improve team tradecraft, techniques, and tooling

Required qualifications:

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience
• Experience with threat modeling and asset risk analysis
• Experience with offensive security and cloud attack patterns
• Familiarity with security design patterns, cloud blueprints, and common architectures
• Experience with cutting-edge cloud stacks and modern security technologies
• Strong communication skills both oral and written
• BS in computer science, engineering, physics, or mathematics

Desired qualifications:

• Familiarity securing cloud technologies and popular cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, & GCP
• Familiarity securing containerization technologies such as Docker and registry platforms such as DockerHub, ACR, ECR, & GCR
• Familiarity securing orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and cluster management platforms such as AKS, EKS, & GKE
• Familiarity with popular AWS security technologies such as AppConfig, GuardDuty, Macie, SecurityHub, and Trusted Advisor
• Familiarity with popular GCP security technologies such as Google Security Command Center
• Familiarity with popular Azure security technologies such as Defender, Security Center, Sentinel
• Familiarity with popular 3rd party cloud security technologies such as Lacework and Prisma Cloud
• SEC540, SEC541, SEC584, SEC557, SEC588, and/or MGT516, MGT520 certifications a plus
• Prior coding experience with an ability to cut code a major plus
• Prior security consulting experience a major plus

Desired behaviors:

• Customer-centric focus with an obsessive need to wow and delight each client
• Motivated by passion with an ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic
• Relentless restlessness to improve service execution, service delivery, and the service practice
• Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it
• Ability to self-direct work, orient to action, and truly own the position in a hyper-growth environment

If this position is wildly successful, in one year you will have:

• Achieved 85% or greater customer net promoter score
• Achieved 75% or greater engagement utilization
• Assisted in the advancement of our existing cloud security offerings
• Successfully delivered engineering milestones under the labs' rotational program
• Successfully generated thought leadership that increases brand prestige

Compensation & Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary
• Employee stock option plan
• Annual budget for training, certifications, and conferences
• 90% employee coverage and 60% dependent coverage on health insurance premiums
• 100% employee coverage and 60% dependent coverage on dental and vision insurance premiums
• 4% company 401K matching vested immediately 
• 6-16 weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave

Targeted Base Salary:

• Annual Base of 160K-180K
• To account for a higher cost of living areas, we have modified our salaries for the following metropolitan areas:
  • Seattle: 185K - 208K 
  • New York: 193K - 217K 
  • Boston: 168K - 189K 
  • Washington DC: 185K - 208K
  • San Francisco: 212K - 239K 

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Praetorian.  We are an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.