Snr. Cloud Security Engineer (Remote in the United Kingdom)

KnowBe4; Leeds; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

About KnowBe4

KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the globe. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.

Fortune has ranked us as a best place to work for women, for millennials, and in technology for four years in a row! We have been certified as a "Great Place To Work" in 8 countries, plus we've earned numerous other prestigious awards, including Glassdoor's Best Places To Work.

Our team values radical transparency, extreme ownership, and continuous professional development in a welcoming workplace that encourages all employees to be themselves. Whether working remotely or in-person, we strive to make every day fun and engaging; from team lunches to trivia competitions to local outings, there is always something exciting happening at KnowBe4.

The Snr. Cloud Security Engineer performs all processes and procedures necessary to ensure the security of KnowBe4 cloud computing environments. In addition, the primary responsibility is to protect the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company and customer data by writing secure infrastructure as code, implementing security tooling into the cloud and CI/CD pipelines and triaging cloud security threats and findings. Must be able to work with multiple engineering teams across the business to provide a proactive approach to ensure the security in our AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with the development and engineering teams to architect and develop secure applications and infrastructure
2. Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate security in the SDLC
3. Implement and monitor for cloud security threats and security findings using tools like Wiz
4. Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform
5. Manage AWS/Azure services, including ECS/Container/Lambda Apps, S3/blob storage etc
6. Automate manual tasks
7. Ensure the cloud compliance posture is following relevant standards to meet our audit requirements
8. Provide cloud security guidance and best practices
9. Design, analyze, and document cloud security principles, best practices, runbooks, and similar
10. Create relevant Infosec policies and procedures
11. Performs root cause analysis on identified vulnerabilities and identified incidents
12. Perform security reviews and penetration testing across company cloud infrastructure

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or similar preferred
2. 5+ years equivalent work experience in Information Security, SRE, or DevOps may substitute for formal education.
3. AWS or Azure Cloud Expertise: Strong knowledge of AWS/Azure services
4. Proficient authoring scripts in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Javascript).
5. Infrastructure-as-Code: Proficiency in Terraform or similar
6. CI/CD Workflows: Expertise in designing and maintaining automated pipelines for continuous delivery - GitLab is preferred
7. Experience with Cloud Security tools Wiz, Lacework, Orca or similar
8. Certifications in AWS, Azure and specifically AWS Security highly desirable

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, certification completion bonuses, and a relaxed dress code - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

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