Senior Software Devops Engineer

Rapid7 is a publicly traded Cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston MA with 17 offices around the world We are excited to be expanding our Global footprint into India and as we build out our Product Engineering teams As a Staff Platform Operations Engineer you will drive and propose strategies around complex and unique technical problems affecting the business needs communicating standards and getting buy-in on solutions By serving as an expert and owner in multiple areas of the codebase you will successfully deliver architecture execution of major components from conception to release You understand the tradeoffs between technical UX and product needs from interacting and negotiating with key stakeholders by leading to solutions that take all of these needs into account You are passionate about the development of others by providing technical guidance and mentoring In turn you are looked up to for technical mentorship within the scrum team This is an exciting opportunity to be one of the first hires for Rapid7 in India supporting our growth strategy in a company culture that supports trying new approaches and continuous learning About the Team Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10 000 organizations These teams use best-in-class technology leading-edge research and broad strategic expertise to develop new products and features and enhance existing features in order to create value for customers across the world The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever At Rapid7 we believe it s our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management detection automation cloud security and penetration testing in order to build these products our teams work with an array of technologies Join our engineering team to help us build and innovate great products on our Insight platform using the latest technologies to make the world a safer digital space About the Role The Staff Platform Operations Engineer is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of ensuring reliability scalability and availability across our products so that our customers are safe from attacks and breaches In this role you will be focussed ensuring our products are delivering a secure available reliable and scalable experience You will be working on a high impact and cross-functional team creating end-to-end security solutions that drive customer success You will have the opportunity to further enhance your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers whilst mentoring others In this role you will Collaborate with multiple operations SRE and product engineering teams and other key stakeholders to identify to availability reliability Establish patterns and standards around testing and operations to improve reliability quality and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions Design and establish methods for how teams should execute comprehensive test plans to identify software defects across functional performance usability and regression testing areas Be involved in the creation design and planning of upcoming testing strategies operational improvements and decisions around tooling and frameworks relating to SRE Operations Regularly monitor our applications infrastructure and identify opportunities for improving efficiencies or MTTR Deeply understand our products and make high impact decisions to support our customers The skills you ll bring include A minimum of 8 years experience in software development using Java terraform and Jenkins Experience with Python Go ansible spinnaker or other equivalent programming languages would be advantageous Experience with vulnerability or code quality frameworks such as snyk or sonarqube A minimum of 2 years of working with observability tooling such as datadog or grafana Experience using Cloud infrastructure ideally AWS Experience with testing frameworks such as Selenium Cypress Cucumber Playwright would be advantageous Excited by technology curious and eager to learn with the ability to mentor more junior members of the team Customer focussed mindset understanding customer needs providing excellent service and focussed on delivering value The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth evolving environment Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions Strong creative problem solving skills Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communications skills both within the team and cross functionally and strong attention to detail Demonstrable experience of delivering complex solutions to customers Demonstrable experience of instigating continuous delivery and continuous integration patterns We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams That s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact please don t be shy - apply today About Rapid7 At Rapid7 we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers our industry and our communities We do this by embracing tenacity passion and collaboration to challenge what s possible and drive extraordinary impact Here we re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 10 000 global customers ahead of whatever s next Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world s biggest security challenges Security and Compliance Rapid7 is committed to keeping customers secure As a first line of defense all employees are expected to uphold the highest standards of security and privacy ensuring the protection of sensitive information and compliance with relevant regulations