• Passionate opinions about CI/CD, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies
• Expertise in AWS security controls, monitoring, and orchestration (SCPs, Guard Duty, Config, Macie, etc.)
• Expertise in perimeter infrastructure security Web Application Firewalls (Cloudflare, AWS Shield), Web Application Scanners (Detectify, Tenable), monitoring (DataDog), and cloud security compliance standards
• Working familiarity with Terraform, Gitlab, and DevSecOps workflows
• In-depth technical knowledge of security engineering, network security, authentication, security protocols, and vulnerability management
• Deep understanding of applying defensive infrastructure automation, advanced threat detection, and attack prevention
• 5+ years experience in the security infrastructure space

Desirable

• Checkr is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer to drive security initiatives tied with our cloud product infrastructure
• This role will collaborate and coordinate with our product, data, platform, and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate security risk
• You will contribute to protecting Checkr and the people who trust us with their information and safety
• Execute on identifying and resolving infrastructure security issues using the Checkr ways of work and change management processes
• Partner with DevOps and reliability teams to create visibility and awareness of security problems and work to prioritize their resolution in a way that respects the business needs
• Manage and operationalize infrastructure security tools as well as alert triage, reporting, and monitoring
• Drive detection, response, investigation, and remediation of infrastructure security vulnerabilities
• Consult and advise on infrastructure security architecture, authentication, configurations, policies, and processes
• Participate in risk assessment, compliance, and other security program activities