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)