Senior Security Engineer

As a Senior Security Engineer reporting to the Deputy CISO you will take a leading role in safeguarding our organizations infrastructure applications and data by implementing industryleading security practices. You will design oversee and optimize security controls while working crossfunctionally with other teams to ensure a robust and continuously improving security posture with an emphasis around vulnerability management.

What you will do:

• Vulnerability Identification: Implement and manage tools (e.g. Nessus Qualys OpenVAS Rapid7 Wiz) to routinely scan for system and application vulnerabilities. Manage Network Penetration Tests through thirdparties. Administer Attack Surface Management tooling. 
• Threat Assessment: Categorize vulnerabilities based on severity likelihood and potential business impact. Communicate findings with clear risk prioritization to stakeholders. 
• Reporting & Metrics: Generate regular reports to illustrate vulnerability trends remediation progress and critical risk areas. Present actionable insights to leadership
• Tool Integration: Integrate security tools into our pipelines networks and platforms
• Automation: Orchestrate security posture checks on all new infrastructure deployments and proactively scale security controls to new environments using lowcode solutions. 
• Security Architecture: Proactively propose security improvements and recommendations based on risk and vulnerabilities.
• Incident and Event Support: Engage with Security Operations team members with advanced threats and incidents. 

Qualifications :

What you need:

• 7 plus years of overall experience but at least 5 Years in software development IT administration or handson technical role and 2 years working with security teams. 
• Professional degree: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least one of the following certifications: CISSP CEH OSCP OSCE GSE or GIAC.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to quickly assess and respond to security incidents.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fastpaced environment.

Technical skills: 

• Proficiency with common vulnerability scanning tools (e.g. Nessus Qualys OpenVAS Wiz).
• Proficiency in working with RESTful APIs and integrating security or operational processes into lowcode/nocode platforms (e.g. Rundeck Ansible Tines SOAR platforms) to streamline and automate manual workflows.
• Proficient in identifying vulnerability classes performing root cause analysis defining remediation paths in code or systems coordinating with engineers and verifying fixes.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS Azure or GCP) and best practices for cloud security.
• Expert in Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform Ansible) and containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of scripting languages.

Additional Information :

• Your health and well being are important to us at QAD. We provide programs that help you strike a healthy worklife balance.
• Opportunity to join a growing business launching into its next phase of expansion and transformation.
• Collaborative culture of smart and hardworking people who support one another to get the job done.
• An atmosphere of growth and opportunity where ideasharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy.

About QAD:

QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive cloudbased enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face everincreasing disruption caused by technologydriven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive life sciences packaging consumer products food and beverage high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.

QAD is committed to ensuring that every employee feels they work in an environment that values their contributions respects their unique perspectives and provides opportunities for growth regardless of background. QADs DEI program is driving higher levels of diversity equity and inclusion so that employees can bring their whole self to work.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class. 

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime