Avature is a sophisticated SaaS platform that relies on a robust infrastructure, combining AWS and our own datacenters to stay performant, reliant, and secure.
As a Lead Security Engineer, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the security of our platform and infrastructure. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll design and implement security solutions to protect our systems against a wide range of threats, from web application attacks and DDoS to sophisticated intrusion attempts.
Your responsibilities will include incident response, security policy development, threat analysis, documentation and staying abreast of the latest security technologies and trends.
Your challenges and objectives :
- Develop a deep understanding of our infrastructure and platform.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design a robust security layer.
- Identify opportunities for enhancing security infrastructure and propose solutions.
- Define standards and policies with a DevSecOps / SRE mindset and advocate for their adoption.
- Design and automate complex operations for global scalability.
Your day-to-day activities :
- Investigate new vulnerabilities and develop remediation strategies.
- Enhance monitoring and alerting capabilities.
- Respond to security incidents, analyzing root cause and proposing post corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Stay updated on the latest security technologies and trends, making recommendations for new implementations.
- Implement security projects in our platform and applications.
About you :
- Excellent Linux knowledge.
- Solid programming skills in languages such as PHP, Python or Java.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
- Understanding of networking, firewalls, and intrusion detection / prevention systems.
- Familiarity with web application security measures (challenges, CAPTCHAs, bot detection techniques, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications :
- Knowledge of data encryption, key management, and hybrid cloud security.
- Experience with vulnerability scanning tools, pen tests, and incident response.
- Experience with cloud administration and containerization (AWS, Kubernetes, OpenStack).
- Familiarity with product as a service operations.
- Any security certification is a plus.
About us :
Avature is a market leading enterprise SaaS Solution provider for global talent acquisition and talent management. We have a strong commitment to high quality engineering and customer service and are recognized innovators in the very large company market.
We currently work with over 650 companies worldwide, including 110 of the Fortune 500,
all of the Big Four consulting firms, the largest banks and manufacturers in the world, and five governments.
We design, build, implement, and support our product ourselves. With 26 releases a year and a strong commitment to innovation and quality engineering, our private cloud platform has become the product choice for the very large global organization.
At Avature, we value opportunities to learn and grow within a dynamic, creative, and collaborative environment. We encourage autonomy and empower our people to approach challenges innovatively while bringing their unique perspective to the table.
We offer a career development program that supports continuous learning and thoughtful leadership, and that meaningfully impacts each individual's professional trajectory.
What we offer :
- A fast-paced, energetic, and engaging environment.
- Flexible hours - Work remotely.
- Four salary reviews per year.
- Option to earn part of your salary in US dollars.
- Three weeks vacations from the first year.
- Four weeks paternity leave.
- OSDE 310 health coverage (family plan).
- Four days a year to attend events related to professional development.
- End of year week off (December 26 to 31).
- Internet service expenses.
- Birthdays off.
An organizational culture that empowers everyone to be themselves is key to thrive in business, but more importantly, it is a pathway for creating a more equitable society.
Avature fosters a diverse and inclusive environment and celebrates that each unique person brings something different to our team.
We are committed to considering all qualified applicants equally and to promoting equal opportunities within our organization.