About the Position

As Director of Security Engineering at Everbridge you will be paramount in solving our most complex security challenges. Everbridge is a SaaS company that has made a heavy investment in cloud technology. We have 26 data centers worldwide, and offices in 3 countries. In this role, you will be working to understand our security challenges, build a team to achieve your goals, design solutions, and put your solutions into action.

About the Team
As the leader of the security engineering team, you will work in close partnership with operational and software engineering leads to build a world-class team, take a pragmatic approach to proposing security solutions, implement security best practices, guide our architecture toward a security-first posture and be the most senior security Subject Matter Expert at Everbridge.

Job Duties
At Everbridge, you will engage in all aspects of assessing, designing, building, and maintaining our security infrastructure and services. You will specifically engage in:

• Assess Everbridge’s overall security posture. Redesign or evolve the posture as necessary to meet all the needs of a modern SaaS organization
• Define what it means to be best-in-class as a security organization
• Build a team that will meet and exceed expectations
• Evaluate and potentially redesign our security checks to ensure optimal platform security
• Provide technical expertise relevant to the development, implementation, and updates to Everbridge’s security policies, procedures, guidelines to ensure company compliance
• Maintain and improve processes, tools, and documentation that will support production security requirements in the best manner possible
• You will also be responsible for running the day to day security functions of Everbridge. This includes:
  • Defining and maintaining good security hygiene throughout the SDLC process
  • Conducting continuous network and application vulnerability scans
  • Running our security monitoring, alerting, and reporting to identify actionable security intelligence
  • Supporting security and compliance evaluations with vulnerability scans, penetration testing and compliance documentation and remediation
  • Evaluating vendors and partner’s security posture and working with them to meet Everbridge’s standards

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in a hands on security engineering role. The majority of this should have been within a Linux/Unix environment. We would love it if you’ve worked with Ubuntu/Debian
• You will need a specific understanding of application and operating system hardening, vulnerability assessments, security auditing, TCP/IP & network fundamentals, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, VPNs, WAFs.
• You will need a solid understanding of hybrid-cloud environments and how they present specific challenges to the security field.
• You must be experienced with designing and running security solutions with the following tools: vulnerability scanners, forensics software, SIEM, HIDS/NIDS//IPS, malware analysis and protection, content filtering, logical access controls, physical access controls, identity and access management, data loss prevention, content filtering technologies, application firewalls, security incident response techniques.
• Strong knowledge of IPv4/6 protocols and analysis
• Experience with secure network firewall, application firewall, and DDoS prevention technologies

Desired Qualifications:

• Expertise with security compliance or risk management would be helpful
• Knowledge of SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls and OWASP Top 10
• Knowledge of global and domestic regulations and standards (FISMA/NIST, SSAE-16, HIPPA, Safe Harbor, ISO 27001/27002, GLBA, and SOX) would be helpful
• We would love it if you had a background with ITIL/ITSM processes, or understand how Agile/Kanban/Lean methodologies can be applied to IT/Operations workflow
• Holding a CISSP, CEH, CSSLP or equivalent is a plus

About the Company:

Everbridge is a global enterprise software company that provides applications which automate the delivery of critical information to help keep people safe and businesses running. During mission-critical business events or man-made or natural disasters, over 2,700 global customers rely on the Everbridge platform to quickly and reliably construct and deliver contextual notifications to millions of people at one time. The company’s platform sent over 1 billion messages in 2015, and offers the ability to reach more than 200 countries and territories with secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices. With headquarters in both Boston and Los Angeles, Everbridge serves 8 of the 10 largest U.S. cities, 7 of the 10 largest U.S.-based investment banks, 24 of the 25 busiest North American airports, and 6 of the 10 largest global automakers. As a company with a culture that is committed to “Making a Difference,” Everbridge was recently named a “Best Place to Work” by both the Boston and Los Angeles Business Journals!

Everbridge is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.