Senior Cloud Engineer - GA

Genesis10 - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Senior

Atlanta, GA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with our client in the transportation industry in their Atlanta, GA location. This is a 12 month + contract position. The client is on a journey to become the best IT organization in the airline industry, undergoing a transformation that aims to change the way business is conducted from top to bottom. They are striving to create meaningful and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help realize this vision. The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a crucial role in this transformation by ensuring the security and integrity of the company's applications and data. The responsibilities of the Senior Cloud Engineer include identifying weaknesses and vulnerabilities that affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate protected, sensitive, and confidential information and data. The engineer will conduct Static Application Security Tests (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Tests (DAST) using tools like VeraCode. They will work within the DevSecOps model to secure containers, utilizing ROSA, Tekton, and OpenShift pipelines. A strong knowledge of CI/CD orchestration tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab, or Bamboo is essential. The engineer will also provide operational support for container security tools, perform baseline image validation of new container template images, and conduct vulnerability scans on container environments. In addition, the Senior Cloud Engineer will develop, test, and maintain containerized applications security, troubleshoot connectivity or operational issues, and ensure security requirements are implemented within various stages of the system development lifecycle. They will work closely with development teams to perform penetration testing on new features within internally developed applications and validate and address vulnerability/threat findings from static and dynamic analysis tools. The engineer will characterize threats and provide recommendations for remediation, managing remediation efforts to completion, and developing and presenting findings and remediation reports to audiences across the company. The role also involves conducting security assessments against web applications and APIs across various technology stacks, ensuring adequate security requirements and privacy by design are built into all architecture/infrastructure/projects, and integrating threat modeling practices into the application testing lifecycle. The Senior Cloud Engineer will impart application security and ethical hacking subject matter expertise into team processes, drive improvements in the security testing practice, and partner effectively with development and infrastructure teams to integrate security. They will also drive awareness and knowledge of security among developers and effectively communicate technical issues to non-technical leaders, continually improving proficiency in application and API exploitation, tools, techniques, and countermeasures.

Responsibilities

• Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities that affect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate protected, sensitive and confidential information and data.
• Conduct Static Application Security Test (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Test (DAST) using VeraCode.
• Work within the DevSecOps model to secure Containers, utilizing ROSA, Tekton and OpenShift pipelines.
• Possess knowledge of CI/CD orchestration tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab, or Bamboo.
• Provide operational support for container security tools (Palo Alto Prisma, Aqua, or equivalent).
• Perform Baseline Image validation of new container template images.
• Perform Vulnerability scans on container environments.
• Develop, test, and maintain containerized applications security.
• Troubleshoot any connectivity or operational issues.
• Ensure security requirements are implemented within various stages of the system development lifecycle process; work closely with development teams to pen test new features within internally developed applications.
• Utilize software development skills (e.g., Java, C#.NET, JavaScript) to recommend secure coding practices.
• Validate and address vulnerability/threat findings from static and dynamic analysis tools.
• Characterize threats and provide recommendations for remediation; manage remediation efforts to completion.
• Develop and present findings and remediation reports to audiences including team members from all department areas and levels of the company.
• Perform security reviews of software designs and assist developers to ensure quality and robustness of our internal products.
• Conduct security assessments against web applications and APIs across a variety of technology stacks.
• Ensure adequate security requirements and privacy by design are built into all architecture/infrastructure/projects.
• Integrate threat modeling practices into the application testing lifecycle.
• Impart application security and ethical hacking subject matter expertise into team processes.
• Drive improvements in the security testing practice to include execution methodology and metrics.
• Partner effectively with development and infrastructure teams to integrate security.
• Drive awareness and knowledge of security in developers.
• Effectively communicate technical issues to non-technical leaders.
• Continually improve proficiency in application and API exploitation, tools, techniques, and countermeasures.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Assurance or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in application security, penetration testing, security assessment, secure software development or related field.
• Extensive knowledge with dynamic scanners like Palo Alto Prisma or VeraCode.
• Extensive knowledge of the OWASP Top 10.
• Experience with vulnerability risk and impact assessment.
• Experience integrating security capabilities in cloud and application lifecycle management platforms especially in a DevOps model.
• Extensive knowledge of the secure development lifecycle.
• Extensive knowledge with static analysis tools and flaw triage such as Client Fortify, IBM Rational, Veracode or Coverity, FindBugs, FindSecurityBugs, Brakeman and Open Source scanning tools such as Sonatype CLM.
• Extensive knowledge with vulnerability scanners like Qualys and Tenable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong sense of urgency and ownership.

Nice-to-haves

• Extensive experience in application security and ethical hacking.
• Extensive experience exploiting web, mobile and application security vulnerabilities.
• Extensive experience in software development.
• Extensive experience integrating secure coding techniques with product teams.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP, and CEH.

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average).
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available