Security Software Engineer

Looking for more than just a job? They like developing their people just as much as they like developing great products.

Their security engineering team is at the core of their products with the mission of providing Secure Access. Their solutions, suites and SaaS platform uniquely integrate cloud, mobile, application, and network access to enable hybrid IT. They are continuously innovating -challenging the way they, and the industry, think about Secure Access. Their engineers are working and building products to solve complex problems in the Zero Trust World.

As part of their newly established security software engineering team in Romania, you will be at the core of their products with the mission of providing Secure Access. You'll enjoy substantial recognition in the industry working on a solution that is being used at a large scale (25MM nodes) by most Top 100 Forbes companies.

Position Summary

They are seeking a Software Engineer who has a great passion for developing secure solutions and is focused on improving applications, systems, and infrastructure security. You will work with multiple highly skilled development teams around the world to implement and advocate security engineering best practices.

Their main office is in Bucharest but they would love to have you working from anywhere in Romania!

What a day will look like for you:

You will work on the Pulse Connect Secure solution in a cross-functional agile global product team, enjoying a high level of autonomy, working in a close collaborative unit to solve security puzzles and challenges. You will collaborate with their architects and the entire global software engineering teams to design and develop new features to enhance the security of their products.

• Hands-on design and development features for enhancing the security of their products
• Collaborate with architects and fellow software engineers to identify the best solutions for security challenges
• Pay special attention to Quality & Security in all stages of development
• Ensure a high degree of security as well as reliability, availability, performance, and scalability  
• Maintain existing code and troubleshoot issues in large scale complex environments
• Analyze and fix security issues as filed by PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) and analyze reports from Coverity, Blackduck, and DAST/SAST 
• Collaborate with other teams in the organization  
• Drive innovations by staying on top of the emerging technologies and trends  
• Play a key role in evolving the product architecture  
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other team members

Key technical qualifications 

• Strong programming experience with C/C++ and preferred Javascript, Perl, Python 
• Good understanding of the Operating System concepts, mainly Linux 
• Understanding of the threat and attack landscape, latest security trends, attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and how they are leveraged by malicious actors 
• Strong understanding of certificates and encryption 
• Understanding of Networking Protocols (DHCP, TCP/IP, AAA, RADIUS, LDAP, SNMP, 802.1X, IPSec) and experience working in Networking Security products or IPSec based products
• Familiarity with technical security controls, guidelines, and frameworks outlined by standards such as industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks, such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, HITRUST is a plus

Nice to have skills:

• Ability to triage, reproduce, recommend remediations and implement fixes for security vulnerabilities 
• Understanding of containerization (Docker, LXC, Kubernetes) technologies
• Experience in Python Software Development (OOP)
• Practical experience or knowledge of web application security, SSDLC, Threat Modeling 
• Practical knowledge of applied cryptography and common attacks against modern cryptographic algorithms (encryption at rest, TLS, hashing, etc) 
• Expertise in cloud architecture and security fundamentals including containers, software-defined networks, high availability design, multi-cloud, and serverless computing is a plus

What’s in it for you

• Collaborative international environment
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days of paid leave
• Fully funded private healthcare
• Additional 75 EUR per month (for things like utilities/gym membership etc.)
• Crucial impact on the security of most of the Top100 Forbes customers