Junior Cloud Engineer
Posted on 7/19/2023
INACTIVE
AI-driven screening and monitoring for financial crimes
Company Overview
Giant Oak, Inc. stands out as a leader in the field of risk management, providing a robust solution for identifying multi-dimensional threats such as trafficking and fraud. The company's GOST platform utilizes AI-driven named entity recognition technology, ensuring fewer false positives and enabling more informed decisions at a reduced cost and time. Furthermore, Giant Oak's commitment to Financial Crimes Compliance regulations demonstrates its dedication to maintaining a secure and ethical business environment.
AI & Machine Learning
Data & Analytics
Financial Services
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$16.7M
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Arlington, Virginia
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↓ -15%1 year growth
↓ -39%2 year growth
↓ -45%Locations
Remote
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Agile
Python
Java
Quality Assurance (QA)
AWS
Linux/Unix
CategoriesNew
DevOps & Infrastructure
Software Engineering
Requirements
- You are a reliable cloud engineer who can architect and deliver!
- You enjoy working closely in cross-functional teams while understanding and anticipating the agile infrastructure and security needs of the development and QA processes
- You are a craftsperson as well as an Engineer and have an intuition when to consider “build vs buy.”
- You thrive working in a fast-paced environment where you can be challenged and have a direct impact on the success of Giant Oak's SaaS technology, GOST
Responsibilities
- Maintain, secure, and optimize cloud computing environments
- Identify malicious or anomalous activity based on event data from various sources, including network, endpoint, application, and other security tooling
- Maintenance and administration of endpoint security tooling
- Perform application and operating system security monitoring, scanning, and alerting while producing and reviewing metrics
- Perform design reviews and risk assessments for new applications or features integrating with core services
- Coordinate with appropriate internal teams in identifying, reviewing, and mitigating discovered findings and/or risks
- Analyze internal and external security threats while providing relevant information to customers, suppliers, and partners
- Maintain awareness of threats and vulnerabilities related to hybrid systems and continually assess the overall security risks to the system
- Create and maintain documentation for new and existing processes and deployments
- Generate innovative solutions and develop proof-of-concepts and rapid prototypes
Desired Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on implementation experience in security or operations with specific emphasis on cloud security (AWS)
- Experience participating in security compliance efforts (ISO, SOC, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, etc.)
- Familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code
- Hands-on experience with modern computing platforms (Containers, Serverless, etc.)
- Familiar with log management and aggregation tools (ELK, SumoLogic, etc.)
- Experience working with modern automation and configuration management tools
- Experience in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, etc.)
- Knowledge of IT Operations and System Administrator Roles (Windows/Mac/Linux)
- Familiarity of OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks
- Comfortable navigating a broad range of systems and technologies with an ability to 'put it all together'
- Experience working in an agile development environment
- Self-motivated and willing to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Professional certifications are considered a plus
- Eligible for a US Security Clearance