Monday, February 13, 2012

Job opening - Security Operations Engineer at Shopify (Ottawa, ON, Canada)

About Shopify


The Shopify platform hosts over 18,000 online stores used by millions of users around the world. Our merchants range from stay-at-home moms and small budding entrepreneurs, to big names like Rovio, General Electric, Tesla Motors and Foo Fighters. Shopify is a hugely successful company and has received numerous awards. We were named one of Canada's leading startups in the Canadian Profit Hot 50 and we've also been recognized as “Ottawa’s fastest growing company”.



All of our rapid growth means that we have many interesting and challenging problems to solve, most critically in operations. Shopify's merchants have bet their businesses on the security of our platform. This is why we're looking to add an experienced Security Operations Engineer to our operations team.



Responsibilities




  • Design and develop automated tools to detect and respond to malic! ious activity such as DDoS attacks.

  • Design, develop, and maintain security policies and procedures.

  • Perform periodic security assessments and vulnerability scans.

  • Take part in incident response efforts.

  • Coordinate with operations personnel and QSAs during PCI compliance audits.

  • Proactively analyze and improve the organizations network security practices and procedures.

  • Configure routers and firewalls.

  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.




Requirements




  • 4+ years of networking experience including knowledge of BGP.

  • Experience securing large public-facing web applications.

  • Experience designing and developing network security tools.

  • Ability to analyze traffic patterns and develop corresponding tools to detect and respond to threats.

  • Expertise with TCP/IP protocols and related analysis tools.
  • Experience with Juniper and/or Fortinet networking equipment.




  • Desired Skills




    • Detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks.

    • Familiarity with configuration management tools.

    • Experience working with QSAs through at least one PCI-DSS Level 1 Service Provider audit.



    We pride ourselves in hiring motivated and creative individuals that truly love what they do. If you're interested, please send us a cover letter along with your resume and a link to your github account.



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