About The Company
Our client is a fast-growing SaaS company at the forefront of data privacy and security innovation. Their powerful
Data Privacy Governance platform utilizes patented AI technology to revolutionize customer data protection, ensuring compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations for Fortune 100 organizations and mid-market enterprises. Their unified consent and preference management APIs enable seamless data handling across multiple channels, setting new standards in the industry.
The company's
mission is to contribute to a better society by advocating for proper data protection legislation, responsibly safeguarding customer data, preserving individual privacy rights, and enhancing trust between businesses and consumers through greater transparency.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a talented
Information Security Engineer to join our client's team in Falls Church, VA. Founders are engineers, and the majority of the team members are engineers. The team is flat in hierarchy and you will likely have more autonomy over your code than what you are previously accustomed to. You won't be just fixing bugs or maintaining existing codebase - you will be building exciting new features, analyzing metrics, re-designing complex interfaces, and making important technical and product decisions.
What You'll Do
- Conduct vulnerability assessments on a wide range of assets
- Configure and implement firewall rules
- Manage and Harden Linux servers
- Monitor and analyze traffic to various company sites and cloud assets and block IPs
- Lead implementation of Anti-Virus software
- Interpret and prioritize Vulnerability Scan results
- Assist with security incident response efforts
- Design and roll out security controls and operationalize them into effective practices
- Be the steward for security best practices within the organization
- Lead, mentor and guide other engineers to put “Security First”
- Be the primary liaison for the company and interact with other enterprise clients and articulate the Company’s security program
What You Bring
- 7 years of experience as a cybersecurity or information security professional
- Excellent command line skills on LINUX
- Hands-on experience with Nessus / Open VAS / Qualys for vulnerability management
- In-depth experience implementing security solutions
- Security and vendor risk assessment experience related to CCPA / GDPR
- Experience with phishing management
- Updated Certifications a plus (IEC, CISSP, CISM, CISA)
- Cloud security experience
- Experience with threat modeling and penetration testing is highly desirable
Key Attributes for Success
- High ethical standards, honesty, transparency
- Collaborative team player comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Passionate about technology and its impact
- Keen interest in professional growth and development
Why Join?
- Base salary: $100,000 per year (negotiable based on experience)
- Bonus: $20,000 per year
- Gold benefits package: full health, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, 401(k)
- Work-life balance, hybrid schedule and paid vacation
- Career growth (Director of Information Security)
- Proven product-market fit with Fortune 100 customers
- Founders are engineers, and the majority of the team members are engineers
- Impactful work that shapes the future of data privacy
- Collaborative company culture and supportive, inclusive environment for all employees
Interviewing Process
- Stage 1: 30-min virtual interview with the Founder (General fit)
- Stage 2: Technical interview with the Founder (Technical assessment)
- Stage 3: 60-min on-site interview in the office (Cultural fit/Final)
- Reference and Background Checks: conducted after successful interviews
- Job Offer: provided to the selected candidate
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Compensation Range: $100K - $120K