Lead Security Engineer

About Gartner Digital Markets:

Gartner Digital Markets is a business unit within Gartner. Our mission is to help small businesses make the right technology decisions and find the tools they need to grow, optimize, and become more effective at what they do. The business comprises three leading brands—Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp. For candidates interested in taking their next career step in the technology space, Gartner Digital Markets offers the fast pace and excitement of working for a startup, the stability and resources of a large, established organization, and the opportunity to be on the front lines of innovation in an industry that is always growing and transforming.

About the role:

The role is for a position leading the GDM Security team in India, Gurgaon, helping keep GDM's Applications and Infrastructure secure. The role is responsible for partnering with Gartner IT InfoSec and the GDM Engineering teams to manage the ongoing Security posture of third-party and custom applications along with GDM's cloud-based infrastructure. Given the high priority of GDM Security and the required collaboration with Gartner IT, this role will report directly to the Managing VP leading GDM Engineering.

What You Will do:

• Work closely with other Gartner teams to ensure the GDM infrastructure and applications are secure and compliant
• Partner with Gartner InfoSec on high priority security incidents, helping keep GDM aligned with their direction and effectively communicating the status of GDM security incidents
• Educate the greater GDM product and engineering teams on security concepts and best practices
• Clearly convey our security posture through diagrams and documentation
• Facilitate periodic scans of our infrastructure and applications in collaboration with Security team, helping coordinate follow-up remediations, as necessary
• Identify threats and vulnerabilities to our systems and help mitigate them
• Work with product and development teams to ensure new features are designed securely
• Strive to be proactive in all security related work
• Stay up-to-date on security related announcements
• Be a strong people leader, helping manage and develop junior Security Engineers on the team

What You Will Need:

• Minimum of bachelor's in engineering degree
• 6+ years of experience as a security engineer or related position
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence outcomes across multiple teams without direct supervisory control
• Deep understanding of the types of vulnerabilities for web applications, cloud infrastructure, and traditional colocation infrastructure
• Extensive knowledge of operating systems and database security
• In depth knowledge of security protocols and principles
• Linux/UNIX command line skills
• Solid understanding of networking, HTTP, and the Internet
• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
• Knowledge or experience of Architecture reviews

Nice to have:

• Experience leading small teams
• OSCP Certification
• An associate level AWS certification
• Certification in cybersecurity
• Ability to write simple shell or Python scripts
• Experience with vulnerability management platform

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What you will get:

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy and more
• India: Group Medical Insurance, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity
• Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

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Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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