Do work that matters.
At AlertMedia, everything we do supports our mission: To save lives and minimize loss by identifying active threats globally and facilitating timely communications when an emergency threatens personal safety and business continuity.
Our core values drive us in our important mission of keeping people safe:
- We’re humans not robots
- Customers always come first
- We work better together
- Simplicity is our strength
- Our reputation is priceless
- Hard work pays off
The DevSecOps Engineer will join our highly talented engineering team in creating the next generation of AlertMedia products and services. This role is critical to our success and includes ensuring all our applications and services are secure and protected.
Who you are:
You are an accomplished DevOps Engineer who is comfortable building services and infrastructure in AWS, writing IaC code, creating CICD pipelines, and generally managing a complex environment in the cloud. At the same time, you bring a security-first mindset and enjoy embedding security best practices all along the way. You don’t just run scanners and point out security findings – you proactively address findings and help architect services to be secure by design. You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment working cross-functionally with other Engineers and management. You have experience implementing security best practices into engineering environments and can identify weaknesses and implement solutions for complex problems.
What you get to do every day:
- Become an expert in the AlertMedia platform and tools, and its uses for our customers
- Work with ECS, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS, Lambdas, CloudFormation, Docker, Linux, and continuous deployment tools.
- Work with tools like Terraform and Terragrunt to manage Infrastructure as Code
- Manage a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that cannot fail during critical local, national, and global events.
- Continually evaluate the security of our systems and applications, with an emphasis on data security
- Assess and integrate emerging AI technologies into our Engineering and Security workflows and processes
- Work with the team to determine tool requirements, then drive the implementation, documentation, maintenance, and improvement
- Work in an Agile based environment using tools like Git, JIRA, Jenkins, and Slack
- Contribute to the technology lead that AlertMedia has over other solutions through innovative development and by helping contribute new ideas related to leveraging technology in our product line
- Research and understand cyber security threats, actors, trends, and attack vectors
- Work with the Engineering & Security teams to continually improve security tools, process, and procedures
- Implement cyber security best practices in a SaaS platform
- Implement and manage SAST/DAST tools
- Work closely with talented engineering teams to ensure best security practices
- Contribute to AlertMedia’s culture, values, and vision for the future
What you bring to the role:
- B.A. or B.S. degree desired
- 5+ years of experience managing cloud infrastructure (Amazon Web Services)
- 3+ years of experience in a dedicated DevSecOps Engineering role
- Experience with network, infrastructure, container orchestration, and application security best practices
- Strong expertise with Linux, Docker, containerization, and networking fundamentals
- Comfortable writing IaC code
- Experience managing large scale deployments
- Well versed in securing multiple AWS accounts and environments (managing access between accounts for users and some resources)
- Experience with security automation tools (SAST, DAST, CSMP, etc.)
- Experience implementing “shift left” principles in CI/CD environments
- Knowledge of authentications technologies (SAML, OAuth)
- Proficiency in at least one coding language (Python is a plus)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage working on multiple projects in parallel
- The ability and desire to work in a fast-paced challenging environment
- Position is open for remote location except for in the following states: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, U.S. territories
- This role is not open to sponsorship. AlertMedia does not sponsor candidates.
Why you’ll love working at AlertMedia:
- Competitive base salary + Company-Wide Bonus program
- Generous and flexible time and parental leave policies
- Health benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 100% paid for employees!
- 401K with a generous company match
- Amazing rewards and incentives – we love celebrating each other!
- Commitment to community service with opportunities to give back
- A Best Places to Work company 9 years in a row and numerous other awards
- Access to brand new downtown office with 360 views of Austin, high-tech building gym, and nearby running trails
- Ongoing career development opportunities facilitated by our Learning & Development teams
About AlertMedia:
AlertMedia helps organizations protect their people and businesses through all phases of an emergency. Our award-winning threat intelligence, emergency communication, and travel risk management solutions help companies of all sizes identify, respond to, and recover from critical events faster and more confidently. AlertMedia supports essential communication for thousands of leading businesses—including DHL, JetBlue, Coca-Cola Bottling, In-N-Out, and Walmart—in more than 130 countries.
We are an equal opportunity employer focused on creating a collaborative and exciting place for all to work. Ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace for all people is key to our success and core to our values. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
This is an amazing opportunity to be part of our wave of momentum and take our company, and your career, to the next growth stage. We'd love to get to know you better and share how we serve our amazing customers. For more information, please visit www.alertmedia.com.
Come join us in our mission to save lives and minimize loss through effective communication.
By applying for the role, you agree that Alert Media will use your Personal Information in connection with the recruitment process and in accordance with our Privacy Policy – https://www.alertmedia.com/legal/privacy-policy/
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What We Do
AlertMedia helps organizations protect their people and businesses through all phases of an emergency. Our award-winning threat intelligence, emergency communication, and travel risk management solutions help companies of all sizes identify, respond to, and recover from critical events faster and more confidently. Our team of in-house intelligence analysts and meteorologists work around the clock to monitor thousands of data sources around the world, providing our customers and employees with verified, credible information to protect them from impending threats.
AlertMedia has been recognized both nationally and locally for its exceptional company culture, most recently being named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list for 2023. We were also named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers for two consecutive years, Austin Business Journal’s Best Places to Work for nine consecutive years, and Built In Austin’s 100 Best Places to Work in Austin.
Located in the heart of downtown Austin in the "smartest building in the city", AlertMedia inspires and invests in our employees through continuous developmental experiences, including Career Month, community volunteering, mentorship programs, Employee Resource Groups, and weekly "Tuesday Lunches" where the company comes together to learn about and discuss any business updates. AlertMedia also facilitates a robust internship program, working with universities (including HBCUs), non-profit organizations like Hiring Our Heroes, and similar partners to invest in the future of our diverse workforce.
Why Work With Us
AlertMedia employees have a strong connection to our mission and product. An anonymous employee survey recently revealed 99% of our people feel the work they do is important and making a direct impact, 94% feel our diverse, grow-from-within culture is collaborative and supportive, and 92% are taking advantage of our career development opportunities
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our hybrid policy provides flexibility so employees can work and collaborate from home or in our Austin offices, either full- or part-time. We ask employees in Austin to join us on Tuesday for company-sponsored lunch to connect and learn together.
