The Security Software Engineer champions security within VividCortex’ product development teams through the design and integration of security controls, and educating our teams through training and security programs. Our security team is a key part of our growth strategy!

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Provide security expertise on our systems, network, encryption, and authentication.
  • Understand our AWS architecture, full engineering stack, services, and data flow and own their security controls.
  • Implement and maintain technologies for security, such as vulnerability testing, logging, monitoring and incident response.
  • Help define our secure development standards and ensure they are met.
  • Consult with engineering on planned and current platform and code changes to ensure security is given due consideration during architectural planning and implementation.
  • Perform code reviews, penetration testing, and security functional testing.
  • Own security awareness training for engineering, and create engaging security programs (bug bounty, white hat testing, and more).
  • Document and develop security engineering processes and procedures in support of compliance processes.
  • Identify and assist in the development of  security features within our products.
  • Represent Security as a resource for a great engineering culture.
  • Sharing your passion for security with the team and advocating for customer needs.
  • Being the engineering team member that others depend on for guidance on security issues.
  • Staying on top of security trends and emerging threats in a rapidly changing industry.
  • Creating engaging programs for training and security awareness.
  • Choosing and using vulnerability testing tools for penetration tests and compliance audits.
  • Understanding complex applications, infrastructure and business processes.
  • Identifying security risks in the product and SDLC and finding pragmatic ways to mitigate them.
  • Leading without authority.
  • Small, high-growth technology environments.
  • Software as a Service.
  • Frameworks and standards such as ISO, CSA, HIPAA, PCI, GLBA, etc.
  • System administration, particularly AWS.
  • General development, deployment, and operation of modern API-powered web applications using continuous delivery and Git in a Unix/Linux environment.
  • Coding, particularly with Go and scripting languages such as Bash.
  • Coding platforms include, PHP, Golang, C+, C++, Perl, Python, and Javascript.
  • Database platforms include, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra.
  • OS platforms include Linux, Free BSD and Windows.
  • Cloud SaaS Services, AWS