Senior Software Engineer- Remote

Overview

The Security Best Practices team at CIS is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to act as a technical stakeholder for the health and progress of two important products: CIS-CAT Pro Assessor, and CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard. This role requires a strong computer science background with an emphasis in Java/Groovy development and a DevOps mindset. The senior engineer needs to have skills in technology, leadership, and customer focus.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation. We are a community-driven nonprofit responsible for industry leading best practices for securing IT systems and data. We lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats.

What You'll Do

• Set the example for team members with a mindset of continuous improvement, professional development
• Perform software engineering activities, including: addition of new, innovative functionality and features to the CIS product suite of security applications, regular maintenance and issue resolutions, continual improvement of CI/CD automation and engineering best practices.
• Act as product feature expert and communicate product information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Stay current on technology trends and work with various stakeholders and teams to understand our users needs and determine how to deliver the most value to customers.
• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field*
• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of operational experience in a DevOps team
• Working knowledge of Java/Groovy development
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with and/or training other colleagues
• Experience with CI/CD automation: testing, builds, deploys, monitoring.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a remote team, and stakeholders with varying technical literacy
• Strong, demonstrable drive towards continual professional growth and improvement
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

It's a plus if you have:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 4+ years of operational experience in a DevOps team
• Experience, designing, and implementing software solutions
• Fundamental understanding of agile principles and corresponding methodologies
• Experience in AWS Cloud environments including web application infrastructures and CI/CD services.
• Experience with the Grails framework.

*Additional years of relevant experience or a combination of an Associate’s degree or equivalent and relevant experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree.

At CIS, we are committed to providing an inclusive environment in which the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views of our employees, members, and customers are valued and respected. It is through this commitment that we are able to work together towards our common mission: to make the connected world a safer place.