(USA-WA-Seattle) Senior Security Engineer

**Company** Alaska Airlines **The Team** It should come as no surprise that Alaska Airlines is recognized as one of Seattle’s most desirable companies for engineers and technology professionals. Our technology teams are regularly disrupting the way our guests experience air travel. We are innovators and creators, striving to continually improve our award-winning technology in ways that make travel as simple, enjoyable and seamless as possible. We are not content to rest on our successes. We take pride in the fact that our ideas have become the norm across the industry, and we are always thinking about what's next! It should come as no surprise that we are recognized as one of Seattle’s most desirable companies for engineers and technology professionals. Our culture of collaboration, history of launching industry-leading products, and experienced teams that work at the highest levels of software development help us to pioneer technologies that are creating an airline people love. **Role Summary** The Sr Security Engineer is a subject matter expert for cloud platform security for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. This role exercises considerable judgement in order to guide a large team of developers through application defects and provide best practices and solutions on how to defend against them. **Key Duties** + Acts as a subject matter expert in cloud platform security for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. + Builds tools and automation scripts that enable developers and engineers to easily consume security services. + Applies deep knowledge in industry methodologies to improve the accessibility of security through automation and continuous integration pipelines. Proposes solution designs, controls, and processes for secure cloud solutions. + Identifies and evaluates complex technology risks and internal controls, and provides recommendations on opportunities for internal control improvement and risk mitigation measures. + Oversees the implementation of internal security controls. + Manage the execution of incident response, developing solutions to resolving issues and complex problems. + Guides engineers and developers on proper techniques for designing and developing scalable applications and cloud deployments + Collaborates with Application Developers and Quality Assurance Engineers to perform testing of application or platform components and coaches on how to implement best practices + Manges the execution of penetration-testing activities. + Partners with Business Owners and Application Development teams on system assessments and reviews including analysis of capacity, reliability and performance of applications or infrastructures + Provides technical guidance to create a Development Security Operations culture. Creates and maintains security architecture artifacts (models, baselines, templates, diagrams, etc) that can be leveraged in new initiatives and operations and enforces policies and practices for system security and reliability. **Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills** **Required** + 4 years of experience in Software Engineering, Info Sec, or related + Bachelor’s degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree. + Demonstrates strong understanding of information technology systems, business processes, security regulatory risk management and security vulnerabilities + Knowledge of security best practices for client-server architectures, focusing predominantly on cloud-based server development + Experience in DevOps culture with knowledge or experience delivering using Agile methodologies + Previous experience with maintaining static and dynamic code analysis tools + Demonstrated experience in advising and serving as a technical expert within a team + Experience implementing and operating static and dynamic analysis tools + Excellent verbal and written communication skills + Proficiency with Microsoft suite of tools including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint + Ability to analyze, organize and simplify complex problems to develop practical solutions preferred + High school diploma or equivalent. + Minimum age of 18. + Must be authorized to work in the U.S. **Preferred** + Strong demonstrated hands-on experience on implementing Application Security architectures + Experience using common security testing tools and techniques to perform a variety of security assessments across multiple platforms with significant expertise in either web or mobile penetration testing **Job-Specific Leadership Expectations** Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable. **FLSA Status** Exempt **Employment Type** Full-Time **Regular/Temporary** Regular **Equal Employment Opportunity** Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws. We participate in E-Verify, a service of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA), where required. **Job Locations** _USA-WA-Seattle_ **Requisition ID** _2020-4715_ **Category** _Software & Technology_
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