[Hiring] Senior Security Operations Engineer @Cohere

Role Description

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer you will:

• Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues.
• Harden our cloud-native environments (AWS, OCI, GCP) by introducing secure by default designs and features into network, tooling, and processes.
• Own and drive resolutions for enabling engineers to design, build, and use infrastructure securely at scale by deploying secure architectures using infrastructure-as-code and reusable code libraries.
• Manage IAM / RBAC for cloud infrastructure, and partner with IT on streamlining authentication/authorization to ensure unified access control across the board.
• Deploy and operationalize some of the security services and tools (e.g., SIEM, SOAR, domain monitoring, endpoint tooling, cloud security tooling).
• Respond to security incidents and harden environments post-incidents.
• Support control monitoring and remediation for compliance initiatives.
• Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies.
• Be a problem solver who is empathetic to developer concerns and will employ a constructive and flexible approach to building innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years previous experience in SecOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Threat Detection & Response or software development with a strong focus on security tool onboarding and optimization.
• You’re a hands-on security engineer interested in automating controls.
• You have experience in managing cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI) and Kubernetes environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and SecOps workflows (Git, Terraform) in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI).
• You have experience with one or more of: infrastructure automation, network segmentation, system hardening, container and cloud security concepts, and security observability.
• You have experience with multiple languages such as Golang and/or Python.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to make informed decisions with little data.
• You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems.
• You are able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions - help build solutions and able to review what tools are available.
• You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• 🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment.
• 🧑‍💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research.
• 🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks.
• 🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health.
• 🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months.
• 🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement.
• 🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend.
• ✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!).