Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer)
Description For Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer)
Recorded Future, the world's most advanced and largest intelligence company, is seeking a Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer) to join their team. With 1,000 intelligence professionals, over $300M in sales, and serving over 1,800 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is at the forefront of cybersecurity intelligence.
The Scanning Operations Engineer will play a crucial role in monitoring and managing vulnerability scans for both existing and new lead customers. This position requires a blend of technical expertise in vulnerability scanning and strong communication skills to interact with internal teams and stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Monitoring and managing active vulnerability scans
- Verifying scan results for accuracy
- Serving as a point of contact for customer support and stakeholders
- Maintaining and enhancing scanning automation workflows
- Troubleshooting and resolving scanning issues
- Continuously improving scanning operations
- Ensuring compliance with customer requirements and industry standards
- Collaborating with R&D to integrate new vulnerability checks
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years of experience in automated vulnerability scanning environments
- Strong understanding of vulnerability scanning tools and platforms
- Experience with vulnerability management and detection techniques
- Familiarity with network protocols and infrastructure
- Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple customer scanning operations
- Experience with scripting (e.g., Python) is a plus
Recorded Future offers a diverse and inclusive work environment, with employees (known as "Futurists") representing over 40 nationalities. The company is highly regarded, with a 4.8-star user rating from Gartner and more than 45 Fortune 100 companies as clients.
Join Recorded Future to be part of a team dedicated to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries and make a significant impact in the world of cyber threat intelligence.
Responsibilities For Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer)
- Monitor active vulnerability scans for customers, ensuring scans are completed successfully and meet customer requirements
- Verify scan results for accuracy, ensuring that they reflect the latest vulnerability detections developed by the R&D team
- Serve as a point of contact for customer support and stakeholders, managing requests related to scanning targets, scan velocity, and specific infrastructure requirements
- Maintain and enhance scanning automation workflows to improve efficiency and ensure accurate detection of vulnerabilities
- Troubleshoot and resolve scanning issues promptly, coordinating with development and R&D teams as needed
- Continuously monitor the performance of scanning operations and suggest improvements for greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Ensure that scanning operations comply with customer requirements and industry standards, and provide regular reports on scanning activity, progress, and results
- Collaborate closely with R&D to integrate new vulnerability checks and scanning capabilities into operational workflows
Requirements For Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer)
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience in automated vulnerability scanning environments
- Strong understanding of vulnerability scanning tools and platforms (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Nuclei, etc.)
- Experience with vulnerability management and vulnerability detection techniques
- Familiarity with network protocols and infrastructure (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.)
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and experience resolving scanning-related issues in a live environment
- Strong communication skills, capable of interfacing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple customer scanning operations while maintaining a high level of accuracy and adherence to timelines
- Experience with scripting (e.g., Python) for automation and workflow improvements is a plus
Benefits For Scanning Operations Engineer (Software Engineer)
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
- Opportunity to work with advanced cybersecurity intelligence
- Collaboration with a team of over 1,000 intelligence professionals
- Chance to impact Fortune 100 companies and global clients
