Security Operations Engineer

About SmartNews

News should be for everyone. But not when it’s buried under cat videos—or when your internet is spotty—or when it’s in a filter bubble. That’s why we created SmartNews.

Our mission is to discover and deliver quality stories to the world. To accomplish this:

We are a machine learning company. News should be impartial, trending and trustworthy. Our algorithms evaluate millions of articles, social signals and human interactions to deliver the top 0.01% of stories that matter most, right now.

We love content. News should be sustainable. We support quality journalism and respect publishers by sharing article traffic and revenue.

Please note that we will only consider you for one application at a time.

Position

Responsibilities

• Create techniques and tools for the automated detection of malicious activities
• Work with engineering stakeholders to securely design systems and fix security issues
• Create workflows and processes to intake, triage, and resolve security issues
• Execute proactive threat modeling and implement measures to strengthen the preventative controls of our cloud infrastructure
• Coordinate our response procedures during active security incidents
• Empower engineers by conducting regular security incident response trainings creating an environment of security awareness
• Support vulnerability scanning and remediation
• Desire to work at a fast-paced startup

Your qualification

• Practical knowledge of AWS cloud services and structure
• Networking fundamentals at both WAN and LAN
• Microservice architecture fundamentals, including K8 and Docker
• Experience in vulnerability management, risk quantification, and remediation
• Ability to perform root cause analysis on past security incidents to recommend improvements, or prior SOC and incident response
• Skills in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, or Ruby
• High English Fluency

Will be a plus

• Japanese or Mandarin fluency
• Program Management or Data Science experience
• Network detection experience at various TCP/IP layers
• Strong knowledge of the AWS suite of security-related services with a certification as an AWS Security Specialist
• Experience with the operation of cloud-based infrastructure and API security using services such as AWS EC2 security groups, AWS Web Application Firewall, or AWS Shield
• Past work experience with cloud-based security services like AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, Amazon Detective, or AWS Config
• Skills in infrastructure-as-code technologies, such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Blue Team or exploit development experience

What we offer

• Support program for employees’ self-development and well-being
• Healthy lunches are prepared on-site daily in our SmartKitchen, located in our West Office building. You can even see the cooks at work!
• Need a pick-me-up? Stop by ChikyuCoffee, our in-house coffee shop located in both the East and West Office buildings, and get a cup of gourmet coffee, espresso-based beverage, or other seasonal drink!
• SmartNews provides all healthcare and social insurance benefits required by Japanese labor law

Visa Sponsorship and Relocation

Support SmartNews can sponsor visas for candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

To support a smooth transition for candidates who are moving to Japan from overseas, SmartNews partners with a travel service provider.