Job Information
Getac, Inc. Security Engineer in Bloomington, Minnesota
Getac Video Solutions is a growing technology company based in Bloomington, Minnesota that offers team members opportunities to work on innovative technology, in a supportive, transparent culture.
The Company:
Come join us to design technology to help make the world a safer place. We deliver technology that accelerates trust, order, safety, and harmony in all communities. We provide mobile rugged computing and video solutions, software, and cloud services to challenging work environments such as military, industrial, law enforcement, public safety, healthcare, and utility companies.
• We are a team of employees that believe in by working together we win together
• We offer a generous health care policy, PTO, and 401(K) with a 3% Contribution
• We believe in making a difference every day
• We offer performance-based bonuses
The position:
We are looking for a Security Engineer who will be responsible for multiple security domains by monitoring and discovering any security vulnerability in GVS products, and designing security strategy for both Cloud and on-premise deployments.
Every day you will:
Perform required security tests not only on network level (penetration test) but also on application level (dynamic scanning) using various open-source security tools. This position also needs to stay on top of most recent vulnerabilities and prepare testing and protection plans. In order to enforce security best practices in the development cycle, in-depth technical knowledge including programming skills is required for this position.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Develop the best security practices and standards for the R&D organization.
• Identify and define GVS product security requirements and work with product development team to include them in our product development life cycle.
• Monitor open-source software/SDK updates and push them to development.
• Familiar with compliance standards such as CIJS, HIPPA, FedRAMP, ISO 27001
• Generate vulnerability reports for third party vendors to meet compliancy.
• Choose and own security testing tools to find any existing or potential security vulnerabilities in GVS product, system, and deployment model.
• Ensures threats are properly identified, analyzed, communicated, resolved, investigated, and reported.
• Strong web application security & penetration testing experience on web and client/server applications and web services
• Perform vulnerability and penetration tests on all GVS products including software, firmware, and network.
• Analyze the results and filter out false positives to allow engineering team to focus on valid issues.
• Report issues in GVS defect tracking system with correct issue severity, describing steps to recreate the issue and script information for recreating issue.
• Comfort with presenting security concepts or findings to both highly technical and entirely non-technical audiences
• Have an excellent understanding of coding structure and techniques.
• Other core expectations will be defined by your direct supervisor/manager.
In your past experience:
• MS in Computer Science, networking, information systems, computer engineering, or +5 years equivalent experience
• +5 years of experiences in designing and managing security test strategy, test plan, and test cases
• +5 years of experiences in guiding the organization with best security practice in their network, products, and in Cloud environment
• +3 years of experiences in security testing tools for both network penetration test and application security testing
• +3 years of experiences in closely working with development group to ensure security practice during the development life cycle
• Proficiency in technical troubleshooting skills
Competencies
Technical capacity.
Problem Solving/Analysis.
Thoroughness.
Required Education and Experience
At least two (5) years of experience in security engineering with emphasis in software, hardware, and network security
B.S. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Quality Assurance Certificate or equivalent certification
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
Basic understanding of software project development concepts and quality control methodologies. Familiarity with GUI applications and the client server environment
About you:
You are legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
You live within a commutable distance of our office.
The Location:
Getac Video Solutions is based in Bloomington, Minnesota. This is a great place to work because we are close to public transportation, restaurants, have access to a free gym and free covered parking.
Why Should You Apply?
• Entrepreneurial culture locally, but part of a global company
• Great Benefits, interesting work
• Reasonable Hours to preserve a positive work/life balance
• Engaging, supportive culture – we have FUN!
*No outside recruiting is required
Getac is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.