Role Overview
Join us in building our new cloud product in AWS. This is a role in a product Engineering team working on a specialised Cybersecurity Application tooling - https://waratek.com/products
You will work closely with the Engineering team of four, helping them define IaC and observability, build a secure process and support them in maintaining their applications. The focus of this role will be in defining the framework and toolbelt for engineering to use. We currently have a SaaS and on-prem offering - SaaS platform is the main focus for this role. We don’t have a dedicated Ops or SRE team yet.
Responsibilities
Being a driving force for change in a small engineering organization.
Expanding and evolving our AWS deployments.
Working closely with Engineering on improving our processes, observability, and reliability of our services.
Building our SaaS to support the launch of our new IAST product.
Core Experience / Qualifications
3+ years of experience in a SRE/DevOps role.
Practical experience with Java applications and ecosystem.
A good knowledge of AWS, Containers and Kubernetes, IaC tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi), Monitoring tools (DataDog, Grafana…).
Understanding of security best practices in software development.
Experience with a variety of testing approaches.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Demonstrated ability to work on one's own initiative.
Proven ability to work well with other teams and roles.
Desirable Experience / Skills
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch.
Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Exposure to software security and its tooling - e.g., GitHub Advanced Security, Snyk, Tenable, and others.
Experience with GitHub Actions.
Exposure to SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR technical requirements.
Experience designing, deploying, and managing Windows services.
Leadership experience.
About Us
Waratek is the award-winning Software Defined security platform that enables security teams to automate the management of security behavior to reduce human error, remove false positives, and maintain lockstep with the rapid rate of code changes and deployments. Never before have security teams solved security at scale by protecting every application in their enterprise or patching vulnerabilities at scale with modern application development without a single code change, assistance from engineering, or fear of regressions in future releases.
We value candour, transparency and collaboration at all levels. Our culture is one of enablement which favours the team over the individual, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership, giving staff the space to explore and both invention and innovation to flourish. Our Glassdoor rating is 4.6 / 5.
Waratek is headquartered in the Silicon Docks area of Dublin, Ireland with US head operations in the Fulton Market District of Chicago IL.