Senior Security Engineer

About Cotter Labs

Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. Cotter Labs protects more than 4,000 organisations, from regional hospitals to Fortune 500 manufacturers.

Job summary

We are adding a Senior Security Engineer to our Security Engineering team. Security engineering role focused on identity, cloud configuration and detection. You'll work closely with platform and IT. This hire will run our application security program: threat modelling, code scanning, pen test follow-up and developer guidance. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

What you'll do

• Write secure coding guidelines and run developer training
• Run threat modelling sessions with engineering teams on new features and architecture changes
• Automate security checks in CI/CD pipelines
• Design and maintain SSO, MFA and conditional access with Okta or Entra ID
• Maintain EDR coverage with CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Harden AWS, Azure or GCP accounts and fix misconfigurations found by Wiz, Prisma Cloud or Security Hub
• Triage bug bounty reports from HackerOne or Bugcrowd
• Manage SAST, DAST and dependency scanning with tools such as Semgrep, Snyk, Burp Suite or GitHub Advanced Security

What we're looking for

• 5-7 years in security engineering, application security or a related engineering role
• Understanding of networking, TLS, PKI and authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0)
• Ability to explain security issues to engineers without lecturing them
• Experience with SIEM, EDR or vulnerability management tools

Preferred

• IaC scanning with Checkov or tfsec
• OSCP, OSWE, CISSP or a cloud security certification (AWS Security Specialty, AZ-500)
• Running a bug bounty program

Compensation and benefits

Pay: $2,900 - $3,800 monthly

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Flexible hours
• Long-term engagement
• Paid in USD

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cotter Labs.