SaaS Cloud Security Engineer

Mountain View, CA

Kodiak Robotics

Our purpose-built autonomous solution, the Kodiak Driver, is the AV industry’s most advanced driverless technology, seamlessly integrating into any driving platform for reliable movement in any environment. Learn how we’re shaping the future of...

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Kodiak was founded in April 2018 to develop autonomous technology that carries freight forward—so people, partners, and the planet thrive. Navigating highway environments presents vastly different challenges than urban streets. Kodiak’s experienced team has developed the industry’s most advanced technology stack purpose-built specifically for long-haul trucks. From our sensor fusion system that maximizes the value of every sensing modality, to our unique lightweight mapping solution that allows our trucks to navigate ever-changing highway construction zones, our world-class team of industry pioneers is bringing the benefits of autonomy to the $800B a year trucking industry quickly, safely, and efficiently.We are looking for a highly skilled Cloud Security Engineer to join us and solve real-world security problems designing, building and monitoring our AWS hosted off-board infrastructure in the autonomous vehicle / robotics space.

In this role, you will:

  • Working in partnership with our off-board infrastructure teams, be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and monitoring security systems for our AWS cloud hosted central infrastructure and applications.
  • Collaborate closely with other security experts on the team.
  • Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for cloud hosted security tools, applications and processes.
  • Create, maintain and deliver to project schedules and budgets. 
  • Identify, manage and maintain KPI and other metrics for core processes. 
  • Review and assess the current supported tools, apps and processes to determine gaps for meeting the needs of internal stakeholders. 
  • Design and implement changes to existing security tools, applications and processes based on changes in scope or needs. 
  • Work directly with internal infrastructure teams to align and execute infrastructure changes to support the tools, apps and processes. 
  • Create process documents for operations, maintenance and integrating output from these tools into daily security operations.

Qualifications:

  • Strong technical security background. BS, MS or PhD with industry experience in designing and implementing secure AWS cloud hosted applications.
  • AWS certification or 3-5 years hands on experience with AWS.
  • Familiar with crypto and encryption principles as part of our secure build, remote update and boot processes A team player. You take ownership and work with the team to deliver exceptional results. You are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
  • Ability to build and iterate quickly. You enjoy working fast and smart, and you are comfortable in the earlier stages of developing a process from scratch.
  • Hands on. You are not only passionate about security but also experienced building and maintaining similar software build systems.
  • Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.

Benefits:

  • A place with big goals that we trust we can achieve.
  • A fast paced environment where we work with talented, committed and supportive teammates.
  • Equity and competitive pay. Every employee is a stakeholder in Kodiak’s success.
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits.  
  • Flexible PTO and generous parental leave policies.
  • A beautiful facility in Mountain View.
  • We love our dogs, so we are a dog friendly office!
  • Free catered Lunch
At Kodiak, we strive to build a diverse community working towards our common company goals in a safe and collaborative environment where harassment of any kind is strictly prohibited. Kodiak is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰

Tags: AWS Cloud Crypto Encryption Monitoring PhD SaaS

Perks/benefits: Competitive pay Flex hours Flex vacation Health care Lunch / meals Medical leave Parental leave Pet friendly

Region: North America
Country: United States
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