Software Engineering Manager - Compute Compliance (Cortex Cloud)

Our Mission

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Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

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Job Description

Your Career

CWP (Cloud Workload Protection) is the security module inside Cortex Cloud that designed to secure cloud-native applications and cloud infrastructures, CWP empowers security teams to detect and prevent suspicious activity in compute resources in real-time, provides vulnerabilities management tools, asset inventory management views, full visibility to compliance standards and much more.

We are looking for a talented Backend-oriented engineering manager that will manage our Compute Compliance engineering team, someone who is excited about cloud security, that can build, manage and deliver security features end-2-end in high-performance and large-scale systems. We’re looking for someone that will be able to bring disruption and innovation into different areas in our compliance platform, someone who is not afraid to create / change processes and is able to build a healthy engineering culture.

Your Impact

You will have a major role in leading, managing and developing core parts of our Compute Compliance domain, focusing on Cloud-Native compute resources like Kubernetes, Virtual Machines, Function and CAAS services.

• Leading a team of 5 software developers.
• Working with your counterparts PM, Architect, UX, Frontend, Automation to define the scope and phases that will help to achieve the team’s goals
• Lead and actively contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle to ensure the product performs reliably and meets defined SLAs.
• Ensure engineering best practices – from planning, design, development lifecycle, monitoring & observability, testing, quality, retrospective up to delivery to production.
• Hiring the best talent for the team, as the team is expected to continue growing
• Support your team members’ growth by helping them define and achieve their individual career goals
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or equivalent military experience required
• 8+ years of experience working as a Backend / FullStack Software Developer
• 3+ years of experience as a Team Lead
• Experience in large organizations or innovative startups
• Development experience in Golang / Python / Java / C++ / C# or equivalent
• Strong domain expertise in security and cloud development.
• Skilled at working with architects, product, QA, Frontend and other stakeholders to drive alignment and shared goals.
• Open for learning, continuously seeks improvement, and encourages the same mindset in others.
• Takes full ownership of outcomes, drives issues to resolution, and fosters a culture of accountability within the team.
• Ability to understand team members’ perspectives, provide mentorship, and create a safe environment
• Comfortable with change, able to pivot when necessary, and help teams remain focused and motivated under pressure.
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

The Cortex Cloud team is responsible for building products that protect data, workloads and infrastructure for some of the largest enterprise customers in the world. We help the customers in their journey to the public cloud by ensuring they have the best in class protection. The public cloud market has been growing at a very rapid rate for the last few years. As more and more enterprises leverage public cloud, there is an insatiable demand for securing workloads in public cloud.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

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