About the Job: The Senior Open Source Security Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, hardening, and operating the company's open-source security tooling stack across multiple domains including detection, application security, identity, secrets, vulnerability management, and infrastructure hardening. This hands-on engineering role offers end-to-end ownership from selecting tools to long-term operations, upgrades, and mentoring of junior staff. The engineer will serve as the internal expert for open-source security technology and will represent the company in the broader open-source security community.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and harden open-source security tools across various security domains.
- Integrate open-source tools with the broader security ecosystem and build automation around them.
- Provide operational support, monitor tool health, manage upgrades, and handle security incidents.
- Continuously evaluate and recommend new tools, conduct proofs-of-concept, and maintain a roadmap aligned with security frameworks.
- Mentor junior engineers and enhance team capabilities through knowledge sharing.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5–8 years of hands-on cybersecurity engineering experience, particularly with open-source security tools.
- Strong proficiency in Linux systems administration and scripting/automation skills (Python, Bash).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible is required, Terraform and Helm are a plus).
- Familiarity with network fundamentals, authentication protocols, and security best practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Desirable Skills:
- Active GitHub presence with contributions to open-source security projects.
- Industry certifications such as OSCP, CISSP, or equivalent.
This position offers an opportunity to deliver enterprise-grade security capabilities using open-source tools, ensuring operational maturity without compromising audit readiness.
