Security Engineer (Nairobi) at Ona

Purpose

There’s no such thing as a “safe system” – only safer systems. Our Site Reliability Engineering team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Ona’s users and developers. 

Key role and responsibilities:

• As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks.
• Provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and user information. 
• Work hands-on with our deployment systems and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. 
• Also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.
• This role will report to the Site reliability engineering team.

Key requirements:

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience analyzing the security of systems (penetration testing, Web Application security testing, vulnerability scanning, threat modeling, etc).
• Experience with concepts and practices such as data anonymization and classification, auditing access to data, and review of requests for data access.
• Experience in responding to security problems in target-rich environments, looking at security alerts, front-line analysis and response.
• Experience coding/scripting in one or more general purpose languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript and/or Go.
• 3 years of experience in a related role

Desirable 

• Expertise with malware analysis, including investigations of botnet and root-kit behavior.
• Expertise in leading analysis of large data sets and intrusion detection systems.
• Expertise with signals development, threat hunting and threat modeling.
• Experience with developing or analyzing Android applications
• Code maintenance and review experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• Understanding of technical privacy issues (cookie management, encryption), and experience with the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding and history of applying research to real world problems.
• Patience and negotiation skills with a track record of achieving good user outcomes.
• Ability to communicate across disciplines (e.g. engineering, legal, policy).