Sr. Security Vulnerability Engineer

Plume develops and deploys cloud based control planes with scale to manage tens of millions of customer homes through some of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers. Our cloud applications include WiFi network management and optimization, device access control, network provisioning, IoT security, and end customer user interaction through mobile apps. 

The Opportunity:

Plume is hiring a security engineer to join the security team to help protect and drive the Plume mission. As a highly visible and dynamic organization, we must value and guard against damage to our internal information, our platforms, and our reputation and brand. Finally, it is paramount that we defend against loss of control or confidence in our systems, to guarantee the highest probability of success.

As a Sr. Security Vulnerability Engineer, you will focus on the technologies that ensure our networks and systems are up to industry and Plume security standards. This role will partner with various engineering, IT and stakeholder groups across Plume to ensure that the technologies and systems we build in-house or purchase are protected in a secure way that minimizes risk.

What you will do:

1. Establish a process to detect, track, prioritize, and report vulnerabilities on organizational information systems
2. Own End to End Vulnerability program, move the area into SOAR as needed.
3. Coordinate with SOC/MSSP on vulnerability triage and detection rules/alerts, coordinate mitigation efforts, and report progress
4. Identify critical flaws in applications and systems that cyber attackers could exploit
5. Conduct vulnerability assessments for networks, applications and operating systems
6. Conduct network security audits and scanning on a predetermined basis
7. Use Crowdstrike, Netsparker, SAST, Rapid7 to pinpoint vulnerabilities and reduce time-consuming tasks
8. Use refinement techniques to gain understanding to reduce false positives.
9. Compile and track vulnerabilities over time for metrics purposes
10. Serve as advisor to engineering and dev teams in security best practices and design.
11. Work with security and IT teams to identify threats and problem areas and create stronger and safer software and application deployments across Plume, measuring decreased risk and prevalence of issues.

Who you are: 

• Must be a Senior level person and have HANDS-ON experience as the person responsible for overseeing vulnerability
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of professional experience in vulnerability management with an education in security or other STEM discipline; 
• Experience with either Crowdstrike, Rapid7, Netsparker, Securonix, other SIEM
• Experience with scripting in Python, Shell, Go, Javascript and ability to read APIs
• Expertise with Mac and Linux operating systems
• Strong communication, written, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work unsupervised, exercise leadership, and influence change.
• You operate effectively across teams and disciplines even in highly ambiguous situations with a rack record of getting things done quickly and with quality