Junior Cloud Engineer
Posted on 7/19/2023
INACTIVE
Giant Oak

11-50 employees

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