About Us:

HomeAway, based in Austin, Texas, is the world leader in vacation rentals with more than 2 million unique places to stay in 190 countries, and is a part of the Expedia, Inc. family of brands.

HomeAway offers an extensive selection of vacation rental homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, especially more room to relax, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. The company also makes it easy for vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties and manage bookings online.

The Opportunity: 

HomeAway is looking for a talented and highly motivated Security Operations Engineer to join the Global IT Security Team. This position will be responsible for supporting the security infrastructure and ensuring that we are operating to the highest security standards. You are expected to collaborate with various aspects of the company to drive operational efficiencies. You will have extensive experience with security technologies including: WAF’s, IPS’s, DLP, SIEM’s, NAC, AV/APT, vulnerability scanning / remediation, and general incident response. This position requires a proven record of planning, implementation, maintenance, monitoring and operationalizing of security technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up and maintaining security tooling and operationalizing integrations within the SOC.
• Work on improvements including the development of new tools & automation.
• Responsible for interconnecting various security event sources: server logs, network, various security devices, threat feeds, antivirus, malware, vulnerability scanners, net flow, etc.
• Experience with and responsible for establishing risk / threat metrics, scorecards, & health monitoring.
• Participate in project teams providing consultation on security engineering / DevOps initiatives.
• Responsible for designing and operationalizing all aspects of our security infrastructure, including cloud environments.
• Responsible for establishing security engineering / operations frameworks for various security technologies.
• Responsible for rolling up your sleeves and getting stuff done. This is a hands-on position.

Required Skills:

• Strong scripting skills: Ruby, Python or other scripting language.
• Strong understanding of the security / risk landscape: Layers 2 – 7.
• Consistent track record with enterprise grade security technologies.
• Strong security tooling background including automating tasks.
• Technical knowledge in security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• Knowledge of network and web related protocols.
• Creative, problem-solving approach to projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and have a desire to learn new things.
• Experience working with complex, sophisticated environments.
• Resourceful and well organized.
• Willingness to provide feedback in challenging situations.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits
• Competitive salary
• Annual target bonus or commission
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Free snacks and beverages
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
• Free listing on HomeAway.com
• Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass
• Casual dress