Cyber Security Engineer

Packback is looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to support our mission to awaken and fuel the lifelong curiosity in every student. This position will work directly alongside the CTO to mature the company’s security profile. This role is suitable for a hands-on leader who is enthusiastic to collaborate to drive our security roadmap and also roll up their sleeves as a hands-on implementor.

Packback’s A.I.-powered platform is used by educators in K-12 and higher education to help their students fall in love with the subject matter, drive personalized learning, and most importantly, quantify and improve student critical thinking skills.

Key Job Duties Include:

• Develop and implement security controls, policies, and procedures to protect our networks, systems, and data.
• Leverage your knowledge of cloud services and best practices to secure cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Engage in regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests.
• When needed, analyze traffic, investigate alerts, set policy and work with other teams to investigate and mitigate security events.
• Partner with other departments and business units to implement security solutions including project & change management.
• Triage security testing results and manage security response actions.
• Assist in compliance activities such as external audits from customers, regulatory compliance projects, and overall information security reviews.
• Maintain and extend Packback’s GRC platform (OneTrust) to ensure continued control effectiveness

Why You Should Work at Packback:

Reach – Our platform, Packback Questions, is used by more than 10 thousand educators and 1.5 million students, who collectively author more than 10 million posts a year. You will be a part of building a platform that has a huge impact on inspiring curiosity in students.

Training – We offer opportunities for learning and mentorship. We value people who like to wear many hats. You can get involved with the front end, back end, infrastructure and data functions.

Ownership – Packback is a rapidly growing company. You will have responsibility for bringing innovative features to market while working closely with the product team.

Want to learn more about engineering at Packback? Check out our docs repo on Github.

Requirements:

We’re looking for somebody who is independent, self-motivated and eager to grow Packback’s capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Security or equivalent experience.
• Comfort with Linux/UNIX systems
• Startup or small company experience
• Minimum 3 years information security engineering experience.
• Familiarity with Python or bash scripting
• CISSP or comparable Information Security certification.
• Understanding of cloud services and security features.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Our commitment to diversity:

Working in the Education Technology space, it is an ethical necessity for us to build a diverse and inclusive team in order to better consider the needs of our audience’s wide range of backgrounds and educational experiences. We provide regular training on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion to all employees.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Perks of working at Packback:

A culture that you can be proud to build: We work hard at building an inclusive culture of curiosity and continuous learning at Packback. In any role at Packback, being a good steward of our values and using them to inform decisions and communication can make an enormous impact on the business.

Work-life balance: Packback offers an unlimited vacation policy. Team members are encouraged to take time off for volunteer opportunities. Our engineering team is fully remote, and provides flexibility and support for working wherever makes the most sense for you.

Competitive Salary and Benefits: The salary range for this position is 120k-145k annually + bonus. We set clear expectations for professional growth and offer an annual learning and development stipend.

Benefits:

• Remote position with an experienced distributed team
• All employees are expected to be present in the office for quarterly retreats
• Travel to the office is covered for non-Chicago-based employees, plus daily stipend for meals and travel
• Health & Wellness
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with a 50% employer match
• Stock options
• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Generous Parental Leave up to 12 weeks
• Family Medical Leave
• Flexible “unlimited” Vacation policy with a minimum of 10 days off required, plus over 10 additional days of scheduled company closures outside of paid Federal holidays each year
• “Momentum Maintenance Fridays” – Once per month, Packback has a scheduled Friday office closure to create a 3-day weekend. Team members use this time for doctor’s appointments, travel, personal care, and professional development.
• Additional Perks:
• Stipend for learning and development
• Access to premium membership to One Medical
• Calm subscription
• Doordash “Dashpash”