Director, Systems Engineering
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Who We Are
Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber threats. We’re a cyber security company who protects, supports and empowers organizations to make better security decisions so they can focus on their mission without fear of cyber threats.
The combination of our market-defining technology and expertise prevents breaches every day and sets a new standard for partnership in the industry. We’re united in our commitment to customers and grounded in our values, which earned us a place on the Forbes Best Start-up Employers 2022 list. If our mission resonates with you, let’s talk.
What We Believe In
- Do what’s right for the customer
- Be kind and authentic
- Deliver great quality
- Be relentless
Challenges You Will Solve
The Systems Engineering team at Red Canary is responsible for governance of our public cloud estates including access controls into, implementation of least privilege principles within, and networking among our various public cloud accounts, subscriptions and projects. They are tasked with creating strong guardrails within which all teams using public cloud assets at Red Canary can operate freely and safely. They are also responsible for maintenance of our infrastructure as code repositories to ensure consistency within our development teams and to protect the organization from supply chain threats. And finally, they provide development and operations support for teams within Red Canary that do not have development or operations capabilities.
As our Director, Systems Engineering you will be responsible for establishing the roadmap for the team and directing efforts to deliver the roadmap. You will establish and deepen relationships with the product development team to empower your team to operate as partners with development to affect security related architectural changes with the product environment. With your solid understanding of cloud environments, project management, consensus building and resourcefulness, you will drive projects to reduce technical risk within the organization and to enable Canaries to operate safely and effectively.
What You'll Do
Establish and deliver a strategic roadmap aligned to the team charter
Lead a high-performing team to manage support, performance and improvement of critical IT systems including: AWS Infrastructure, Azure Infrastructure, GCP Infrastructure, Linux servers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation tools
Champion the team charter with business stakeholders
Provide technical expertise and leadership on the technologies listed above
Provide leadership and guidance on technical project planning, execution and performance monitoring
Mentor and develop members of the system engineering team
Ensure IT systems are adhering to security policies and guardrails, minimizing operational incidents
Drive a fantastic internal customer experience for technical solution building
Design and implement solutions to enable Red Canary technologists to reach maximum productivity
Respond to and resolve issues reported by employees by debugging, performing root cause analysis, and working closely with internal and external support teams
What You'll Bring
5+ years of experience leading IT Engineering teams
Demonstrated success managing cloud-only infrastructure with infrastructure as code
Demonstrated success managing a large number of disparate SaaS systems, complex integrations and automations
Experience having designed, implemented, and documented CI/CD strategy for management of infrastructure as code
Demonstrated success building a high-performing cloud engineering team
An in-depth knowledge infrastructure as code technologies, preferably Terraform, and their application in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, kubernetes)
Hands-on engineering experience and knowledge, specifically within AWS/Azure/GCP and MacOS-heavy environments
A demonstrated ability to use continuous improvement methods with cloud systems and key processes
A track record of collaborating in a cross functional environment
A high degree of empathy for the Customer, and feel the only measure of success is how well our products fulfill customer needs
A positive attitude and default to action
Excellent communication skills
Targeted base salary : $225,000 + bonus eligibility and equity depending on experience.
Benefit Highlights:
- 100% Paid Premiums: Red Canary offers a 100% paid plan option for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents. No waiting period.
- Health & Wellness - Access to mental health services, Employee Assistance Program and additional programs to incentivize healthy habits.
- Fertility Benefits: All new hires are eligible for benefits as of their first day.
- Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge including vacation, sick, bereavement, jury duty, and holidays.
- Paid Parental Leave- Full base pay to bond/care for your new child.
- Pre-Tax Plans - Red Canary offers a variety of plans to fit you and your dependent specific needs including FSA, HRA and HSA, with employer funding to offset out of pocket health care expenses.
- Flexible Work Environment- With 60% remote workforce, Canaries can work virtually from almost anywhere in the US.
The application deadline is March 29th, 2024.
Why Red Canary?
Red Canary is where people embody our mission to improve security outcomes for all. People work hard to maintain a culture that encourages authenticity in order to do your best work. Our people are driven and committed to finding the best security outcomes, delivering real and actionable answers, and being transparent along the way.
At Red Canary, we offer a very rich benefits program to our full-time team members so they can focus on their families and improving our customers’ security. For a full list of benefits, please review our Benefits Summary:
https://resource.redcanary.com/rs/003-YRU-314/images/RedCanary_2024BenefitsSummary.pdf?version=0
Individuals seeking employment at Red Canary are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
About the job
Director, Systems Engineering
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote System Administration jobs
Who We Are
Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber threats. We’re a cyber security company who protects, supports and empowers organizations to make better security decisions so they can focus on their mission without fear of cyber threats.
The combination of our market-defining technology and expertise prevents breaches every day and sets a new standard for partnership in the industry. We’re united in our commitment to customers and grounded in our values, which earned us a place on the Forbes Best Start-up Employers 2022 list. If our mission resonates with you, let’s talk.
What We Believe In
- Do what’s right for the customer
- Be kind and authentic
- Deliver great quality
- Be relentless
Challenges You Will Solve
The Systems Engineering team at Red Canary is responsible for governance of our public cloud estates including access controls into, implementation of least privilege principles within, and networking among our various public cloud accounts, subscriptions and projects. They are tasked with creating strong guardrails within which all teams using public cloud assets at Red Canary can operate freely and safely. They are also responsible for maintenance of our infrastructure as code repositories to ensure consistency within our development teams and to protect the organization from supply chain threats. And finally, they provide development and operations support for teams within Red Canary that do not have development or operations capabilities.
As our Director, Systems Engineering you will be responsible for establishing the roadmap for the team and directing efforts to deliver the roadmap. You will establish and deepen relationships with the product development team to empower your team to operate as partners with development to affect security related architectural changes with the product environment. With your solid understanding of cloud environments, project management, consensus building and resourcefulness, you will drive projects to reduce technical risk within the organization and to enable Canaries to operate safely and effectively.
What You'll Do
Establish and deliver a strategic roadmap aligned to the team charter
Lead a high-performing team to manage support, performance and improvement of critical IT systems including: AWS Infrastructure, Azure Infrastructure, GCP Infrastructure, Linux servers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation tools
Champion the team charter with business stakeholders
Provide technical expertise and leadership on the technologies listed above
Provide leadership and guidance on technical project planning, execution and performance monitoring
Mentor and develop members of the system engineering team
Ensure IT systems are adhering to security policies and guardrails, minimizing operational incidents
Drive a fantastic internal customer experience for technical solution building
Design and implement solutions to enable Red Canary technologists to reach maximum productivity
Respond to and resolve issues reported by employees by debugging, performing root cause analysis, and working closely with internal and external support teams
What You'll Bring
5+ years of experience leading IT Engineering teams
Demonstrated success managing cloud-only infrastructure with infrastructure as code
Demonstrated success managing a large number of disparate SaaS systems, complex integrations and automations
Experience having designed, implemented, and documented CI/CD strategy for management of infrastructure as code
Demonstrated success building a high-performing cloud engineering team
An in-depth knowledge infrastructure as code technologies, preferably Terraform, and their application in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, kubernetes)
Hands-on engineering experience and knowledge, specifically within AWS/Azure/GCP and MacOS-heavy environments
A demonstrated ability to use continuous improvement methods with cloud systems and key processes
A track record of collaborating in a cross functional environment
A high degree of empathy for the Customer, and feel the only measure of success is how well our products fulfill customer needs
A positive attitude and default to action
Excellent communication skills
Targeted base salary : $225,000 + bonus eligibility and equity depending on experience.
Benefit Highlights:
- 100% Paid Premiums: Red Canary offers a 100% paid plan option for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents. No waiting period.
- Health & Wellness - Access to mental health services, Employee Assistance Program and additional programs to incentivize healthy habits.
- Fertility Benefits: All new hires are eligible for benefits as of their first day.
- Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge including vacation, sick, bereavement, jury duty, and holidays.
- Paid Parental Leave- Full base pay to bond/care for your new child.
- Pre-Tax Plans - Red Canary offers a variety of plans to fit you and your dependent specific needs including FSA, HRA and HSA, with employer funding to offset out of pocket health care expenses.
- Flexible Work Environment- With 60% remote workforce, Canaries can work virtually from almost anywhere in the US.
The application deadline is March 29th, 2024.
Why Red Canary?
Red Canary is where people embody our mission to improve security outcomes for all. People work hard to maintain a culture that encourages authenticity in order to do your best work. Our people are driven and committed to finding the best security outcomes, delivering real and actionable answers, and being transparent along the way.
At Red Canary, we offer a very rich benefits program to our full-time team members so they can focus on their families and improving our customers’ security. For a full list of benefits, please review our Benefits Summary:
https://resource.redcanary.com/rs/003-YRU-314/images/RedCanary_2024BenefitsSummary.pdf?version=0
Individuals seeking employment at Red Canary are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.