About Us
Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
Sophos Factory is a security automation platform used by Sophos to rapidly develop and deploy automation workflows for our Managed Detection and Response offering. Factory offers a graphical drag-and-drop interface for building automation content that can be orchestrated across on-prem and/or cloud compute, with advanced sharing and collaboration capabilities. As a senior software engineer working on the Sophos Factory platform, you will serve a key role in building and improving the web application and back-end microservices that support it.
This position offers an amazing opportunity to hone and expand your existing engineering skill set. Because our platform works with a wide variety of IT automation tools, you will almost certainly be learning something new. We are a fast-paced, agile team that offers much freedom and responsibility to individual engineers to design and implement solutions. We are working on exciting and challenging problems in a rapidly emerging market and need your help building a cutting-edge Security automation platform available.
What You Will Do- Own and lead teams for the end-to-end development of new features and/or enhancements to existing features
- Conduct research, build proof-of-concepts, gather requirements, and lead discussions around architecture and design
- Troubleshoot production issues and work with the team to continuously evaluate and improve the quality, reliability, and scalability of Factory
- Provide input into the direction and product strategy for the Factory platform
- Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to existing engineering processes including planning, development, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Represent the Sophos Factory platform team on cross-functional projects
- Act as a mentor and technical resource for team members
- Foster and nurture a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture
What You Will Bring- 5+ years demonstrated software development experience with Javascript and Typescript in production with Node.JS and React
- 3+ years building and deploying production infrastructure as code in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- 5+ years utilizing modern CI/CD platforms (Gitlab/Github/Drone/CircleCI)
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or similar technical discipline, or equivalent experience
- Ability and willingness to mentor other engineers
- Effective communication skills and ability to work closely with a team
- Lifelong learner and passionate about discovering new things and taking on new challenges
In the United States, the base salary for this role ranges from $135,000 to $225,000. In addition to base salary, we offer additional compensation including bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate’s specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
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At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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