Security Operations Engineer

Forward Networks is revolutionizing the way large networks are managed. The Forward Enterprise platform delivers a vendor-agnostic "digital twin" of the network, based on a mathematical model. The platform scales to support hundreds of thousands of network devices, whether cloud, hybrid cloud, or on-prem. It serves as a single source of truth for the network, enabling network operators to instantly verify security posture, accelerate troubleshooting, avoid outages, and modernize network management.

Over the past few years, Forward Networks has received tremendous industry recognition, including “Cool Vendor in Enterprise Networking” by Gartner, “Product of the Year” by Cloud Computing, “Hot Company” by Cyber Defense Magazine, “Enterprise Cloud Computing Software of the Year,” and has been named to Fortune’s “Best Workplaces in the Bay Area” list.

The company was founded by four Stanford PhD graduates who saw a massive opportunity to improve network operations. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, MSD Capital, Threshold Ventures, and Goldman Sachs.

Forward Networks is currently seeking a talented Security Operations Engineer.

At Forward Networks, you will drive the deployment, operation, and evolution of our security infrastructure. You will work to proactively identify, investigate, and fix vulnerabilities, while using modern tooling.

This is a unique growth opportunity to hone your skills with new platforms and automation technologies, while closely interacting with a solid engineering team. We move fast, and you will too.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and Operate our SIEM, SOAR, and UEBA systems including optimizing alerting, scripting automations, and triaging findings
• Working with vulnerability management systems to prioritize necessary fixes / patches, creating VM dashboards, and working with stakeholders to address critical and high findings
• Handling initial incident response tasks including evidence gathering and validating alerts that indicate potential issues
• Will require to investigate findings after hours if they are triggered
• Monitor computer networks and cloud environments for security issues
• Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management
• Develop and distribute company-wide best practices for IT security
• Help colleagues install security software and understand information security management

Required background:

• Minimum 3 years prior hands-on experience working in an IT / Cloud security role
• Computer Science Degree or related equivalent experience
• Previous experience as a security analyst / security operations contributor
• Understanding of security concepts, including authentication, authorization, VPNs, encryption, certificates, and related best practices
• Understanding of network connectivity concepts, including IP address allocation, tunneling, L2/L3, firewalls, IDS
• Experience conducting security-relating forensics and analysis
• Experience with log analysis, event correlation, incident management procedures and systems
• Experience with scripting for the purpose of automation or data collection

Nice-to-have:

• Cloud deployment and management experience
• Security certifications (Security+, CISSP, CEH, SANS, etc.)

• Experience with setting up and operating specific systems:

  • SSO/identity systems
  • Endpoint System Management software
  • Credential management systems
  • Scanning software
  • Incident management software

• Experience with application security suites including those that provide static code analysis, SAST/DAST testing, and how to interpret those results

• Familiarity with Jenkins, K8s / containers, and workload security

This position is a regular, full-time opportunity with Forward Networks in Santa Clara, CA.

The base pay range for this role is between $130,000 and $175,000. Base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location