Security Engineer

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.

Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market. 

Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Security Engineer at Benchling, you will be joining a team responsible for supporting the security program and safeguarding some of society’s most sensitive data. Our team’s scope spans from building and maintaining internal security tools to managing mission critical security infrastructure which ensures the overall security of our enterprise environment for employees and customers. We’re looking for builders who are excited to apply their skills to building and maintaining robust security solutions that will scale with Benchling as we continue to grow.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Building and maintaining security tools and infrastructure to support Benchling’s security mission.
• Collaborate with Product Security Engineers and Software Engineers to identify, design, and implement security features and controls in our AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Partnering with the multiple engineering teams on internal and customer facing security and privacy initiatives, ensuring that security data accessibility, quality, and reliability are taken into account.
• Support security detection and response efforts by contributing to detections, automation, and investigations.
• Evaluate and help integrate new security tools, both in-house and third-party, ensuring they meet Benchling’s security needs.
• Researching new detection mechanisms for attack vectors and techniques relevant to our space and presenting findings to both internal and external audiences.
• Developing set processes for data mining, data modeling, and data production.
• Partnering with Security Detection & Response Engineers during incident response and investigations.
• Contribute to the development of processes to ensure the quality and reliability of security data.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-5 years of experience in Security Engineering or a related role, with exposure to various security tools and technologies.
• Experience writing code, designing systems and data workflows to support security data analytics.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure and its associated security suites (e.g., IAM, GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, etc)
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure technologies such as: Docker, Terraform, CloudFormation, Kinesis.
• Relevant development experience in at least one scripting language, preferably Python
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally with other teams, including software and infrastructure engineering.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate security issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

NICE TO HAVE

• Direct experience with security incident response or threat detection.
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools such as AWS ECS or Kubernetes and functions-as-a-service e.g. AWS Lambda.
• Contributions to the security community via talks, papers, blogs, projects, CVEs, etc.

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay.  The candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $147,900 to $160,000. 

To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource. If you have questions regarding a specific location’s zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.

Total Compensation includes the following:

• Competitive salary and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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Benchling welcomes everyone.

We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.

We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

 

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