Senior Software Engineer, Automation

Rapid7 is engineering better security to help companies reduce risk of breach, detect and respond to attacks, and build effective cybersecurity programs.

- Work as part of a scrum team of engineers to deliver comprehensive security software to a large customer base - Research, build and implement tools and frameworks to test, monitor and accelerate product feature development - Collaborate with Product Management, UX, Application Development and other teams to drive thepriorities of customer satisfaction, technical risk management and best practices using OSS tools and frameworks - Learn and master security product features and behavior and own the voice of the customer for the engineering team

- Expertise with automated testing methodologies, including robust test design and test case considerations using open source test frameworks - Practical exposure to Amazon Web Services and/or other cloud platforms - Working knowledge of network technology including routing protocols, TCP, UDP, TCP/IP v4 and v6 - Demonstrated experience in Linux and/or Windows system administration and configuration - Good understanding of XML, HTTPS, REST API - Working knowledge of SQL and high-level languages (ideally Ruby, Python and/or Java) - Knowledge of Cucumber, Capybara, Selenium and/or other test framework systems - Experience using security and networking tools (such as NMAP, WireShark, NetCat, etc) in research and troubleshooting Job Plusses: - Security domain knowledge - Experience working in Agile SDLC (mainly SCRUM) environments - Experience with virtualized test environments - Experience with Java build and release tools (Ant, Maven, Jenkins)