ExtraHop is hiring a
Security Engineer, Threat Research in Worldwide

Summary

ExtraHop is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to support Threat Research and Detection Engineering teams, develop and maintain infrastructure, and work with a collaborative team. The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of the OSI model and key protocols, experience deploying and maintaining systems using modern Orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, and knowledge of Threat Research and Detection Engineering disciplines. Benefits include health, dental, and vision benefits, PTO, bonus plan, FSA and Dependent Care Accounts, educational reimbursement, 401k with employer match or pension, pet insurance (US only), parental leave (US only), hybrid and remote work model.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or information technology
• Solid understanding of the OSI model and excellent working knowledge of the key protocols from Layer 2 through Layer 7 including ARP, IP, TCP, UDP, and HTTP
• Solid knowledge of Git, Python, Terraform, Ansible, and the use of scripting in support of CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work in a shared code repository while maintaining existing coding standards
• Experience deploying and maintaining systems using modern Orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies
• Experience working with container-based environments (Docker, LXC, etc)
• Experience using and managing virtual infrastructure for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, and/or KVM
• Experience with Azure and AWS cloud platforms
• Experience building scalable, performant, and cost-effective cloud-based systems

Responsibilities

• Support Threat Research and Detection Engineering teams by providing tools and automation to accelerate Research & Development
• Develop and maintain a scalable research lab using modern Infrastructure-as-Code and Cloud-based technologies
• Develop and maintain internal systems, including but not limited to: Software deployment pipelines supporting continuous software delivery, pipelines for ingestion of new network identifiers to enable fingerprinting of device, software, and cloud services, Central detection engineering metadata repository, Continuous Testing and Validation pipelines
• Work with a collaborative, dedicated and seasoned team of engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Threat Research and/or Detection Engineering disciplines, for example: Experience using tools such as wireshark, tcpdump, tcpreplay, Experience simulating malicious threats in an isolated environment and documenting outcomes, Experience developing network-based detections based on indicators of compromise
• Experience working in an agile or Scaled-agile environment

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Honor System PTO and 9 Holidays (US only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time
• Non-Commissioned positions are eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus plan
• FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP where applicable
• Educational Reimbursement
• 401k with employer match or Pension where applicable
• Pet Insurance (US only)
• Parental Leave (US Only)
• Hybrid and Remote Work Model