Position Overview: You will be responsible for helping Praetorian clients build security into their application development, as well as assist clients design and build secure platforms and products. The Praetorian Services team provides offensive and defensive advisory services to the Fortune 500 and venture-backed start-ups clients. We need a well rounded individual who not only has a deep technical background in both cybersecurity activities and software development, but who also has a fanatical obsession with customer success, and a relentless restlessness to strategically position and improve the Service department's DevSecOps offerings.

From software hacking to hardware hacking, we help secure everything from cryptocurrency exchanges and space telescopes to autonomous vehicles and the electric grid. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the best security engineers in the world who hail from organizations such as Amazon, CIA, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, NSA, Redhat, Sun Microsystems, and US Air Force. As an Inc. Best Places to Work, Inc. 500 | 5000, Cybersecurity 500, and Austin Fast 50 Award recipient, we are seeking an individual that understands the professional and personal growth attached to this opportunity and who has the corresponding internal drive to maximize it.
To learn more about Praetorian, visit: https://www.praetorian.com/careers 

Career opportunity:

• Join an industry with massive socio, economic, and political importance in the 21st century
• Partner with prominent clients and help them solve hard security problems
• Work alongside some of the best and the brightest minds in the security industry
• Leave an indelible mark on a company where individual input has real impact
• Be recognized, internally and publicly, for your contributions in a high profile position
• Align your career trajectory with a hyper-growth company that is on the move
• Be part of the initial team designing and building out this product

Core responsibilities:

• Lead DevSecOps engagements and projects
• Create DevSecOps standard operating procedures and best practices 
• Provide said practices to Praetorian's client base
• Identify nuanced vulnerabilities in CI/CD pipeline systems
• Coordinate with client teams to streamline code deployment process
• Improve usability, efficiency, security, reliability, and performance of client software development efforts
• Develop mitigation strategies for keeping our customers safe
• Develop comprehensive reports and presentations for our customers
• Train junior engineers on DevSecOps design, implementation, and deployment patterns

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years of DevSecOps experience
• Experience with modern technology stacks
• Experience with micro-services architectures
• Experience with cloud platforms and SaaS solutions
• Experience with agile/scrum development practices
• Experience with automation and ci/cd pipelines
• BS in computer science, computer engineering, physics, or mathematics

Desired qualifications:

• Experience in high-tech, start-up environments
• Hands on experience scaling in the cloud
• Experience with Google Compute, Firebase, Docker, and GKE
• Experience with Git, Chef, CircleCI, JIRA, and Confluence
• Experience with Google BeyondCorp design pattern
• Experience with Java, Python, and Go

Desired behaviors:

• Relentless restlessness to improve precision and scalability of the platform
• Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic
• 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 work within constraints and to challenge the status quo
• Ability to self-direct work, orient to action, and truly own the position in a hyper-growth environment

Compensation package:

• Highly competitive base-salary
• Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation
• Employee stock option plan
• Health insurance
• 4% company 401K matching vested immediately 
• Company contributions to training and conferences

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.

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