We engage the most inspired minds to do their best work wherever they work best—powering the freedom to create worldwide.WP Engine is the most trusted WordPress technology company, powering over 1.5M digital experiences in 150+ countries for businesses of all sizes. WP Engine’s all-in-one platform enables customers to design, build, power, and manage extraordinary WordPress, eCommerce, and headless sites—all thanks to a nonstop commitment to innovation, award-winning WordPress expertise, and a set of core values that guides us every day. We are hiring a Senior Staff Security Engineer with cloud and linux security experience. You can work 100% remotely in this role in Ireland or Poland. Join our highly-collaborative team and help us secure the platform that drives many of the world's most popular sites!The WP Engine platform consists of thousands of digital assets that span multiple, major cloud providers, and we internally use hundreds of business applications. We have hundreds of employees in offices across North America, Europe, and Australia.If you are passionate about security and you love to collaborate, influence, educate, and negotiate with stakeholders, then this is the role for you.What Is Cool About This JobCome join our highly-collaborative team and help us secure the platform that drives many of the world's most popular sites!WP Engine Security is the team who secures it all, and we need your help.Our Team's Non-Negotiable Expectations:The WP Engine platform is secure. Period.Customer data is protected from unauthorised access. Period.WP Engine’s security culture and practices enable the achievement of its business objectives. Period.We make this happen, every day, 24x7x365, and we have a lot of fun doing it - read on!Your Expertise and PassionYou love to collaborate, influence, educate, and negotiate with our internal partners. You give others the benefit of the doubt and avoid black-and-white thinking when it comes to risk. You are creative, expressive, and strive for solutions where everyone wins. You love to build strong partnerships across the company and seeing others succeed.Required background:Solid understanding and demonstrated expertise managing cloud security controls and ensuring the security of cloud service offerings (IAM, firewalls/ACL, IDS/IPS, WAF, load balancers, proxies, Linux hosts, storage, serverless, etc.) for at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS or Azure)5+ years experience in a security engineering or related role (analyst, consultant, etc.)Experience securing Kubernetes and containersed workloadsExperience with Infrastructure-as-Code and associated security validationsExperience working with API integrations and developing custom security automation (e.g. Python, Golang, Bash)Strong Linux security experience (hardening, vulnerability management, security alerting, etc.)Experience handling security incidents and performing associated investigative activities in a Linux and cloud-based environmentAdvanced ability to communicate clearly and influence others as a domain expert for cloud security, including the development of appropriate standards, guidelines, processes and proceduresNice-to-Haves:Multi-cloud experience (GCP, AWS, Azure, Heroku)Hands-on experience managing vendor- or internally-developed multi-cloud security controlsApplication security and code reviews experienceThreat modelling experienceHands-on experience with Cloudflare WAFFamiliarity with SQL and data analysis techniquesExperience with DevOps practices and toolingRelevant security certificationsPerks and BenefitsCompany Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)Health Benefits (100% Paid Employee Medical, Dental, and Vision)Pension Scheme with a matchLife Insurance and Income Protection (100% Paid)Supplemental Maternity & Paternity PayEmployee Assistance ProgramGenerous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)One-time €495 Home Office StipendCompany Wellness Days#LI-E1#LI-RemoteAt WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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