Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Software Engineer

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $99,000.00 - $165,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Job Purpose:

The Cybersecurity Sr Software Engineer helps build automated solutions around our security tools. This individual will help guide the team to contribute to these initiatives with high software quality in mind. They will also guide technical and security engineering discussions within the team, and will be seen as an authority on secure coding, secure infrastructure, and secure design best practices. They will help to imagine and shape the systems and process flows on incorporating security organically into the engineering teams’ day to day workflows.

This engineer will work with AWS and other cloud technologies as well as a variety of commercial and open source security products and frameworks.  While this is an individual contributor role, you’ll be involved in many aspects – help evolve our existing architecture, reduce complexity, work with engineering teams to improve operations, and implement and operationalization new security tooling, as needed. Beyond automation of onboarding or usage of our application security tools, we strive for continuous improvement of processes and the integration of best practices.  We’re looking for someone who has an interest in application security, cloud technologies and a passion to help the organization create secure-by-default world-class software.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Security Engineering Director, serves as a member of the Security Engineering Enablement teamWorks with partner engineering teams to create applications and services that align to the Security Engineering’s mission and goals to integrate security seamlessly into our dev teams’ workflowLeverages technology (tools, capabilities, processes) to level up software engineering teams’ secure coding practices and knowledgeOperationalizes off the shelf application security tools to help engineering teams build, deploy and deliver secure softwareProvide situational white glove service to critical business engineering teamsMust be able to help engineering teams fix application security defects using a variety of technology stacksPromotes incorporation of security processes and practices to make security an organic part of a declarative pipeline model (e.g. CICD practices)Communicate process and tool automation improvements to the Product Owner, as opportunities and repeating concerns are observedHelps define the team’s tasks and objectives, based on continuing analysis of service requestsCreates automation solutions to support tool administration and operation Consistently exhibits a positive attitude and desire to help the team to succeedDesign and build monitoring systems for developed automation applications and servicesParticipate in On-call rotation with the team (once every 3-4 weeks)Consistently meets or exceeds predefined support and services Service Level Objectives (SLOs)Executes tasks with minimal supervision

Essential Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years’ experience in a related fieldBachelor’s Degree; preferably Computer Science major, Cybersecurity Software Engineering or equivalent experienceProven and demonstrable experience building software applications with C# and pythonProven and demonstrable experience with front end or JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJSExperience designing and implementing automated solutions using Cloud native technologiesStrong cloud infrastructure experience in AWSSolid understanding of DevOps - automated deployments and release orchestrationSolid understanding of containers and microservice architectureAn understanding of the latest cybersecurity best practices, and related security tools such as SAST, SCA, DASTExcellent communication, interpersonal and teamwork skillsStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent attention to detail

Desirable Skills:

Masters in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent experienceFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code technology such as TerraformAn understanding of deployment methodologies like Blue/Green, Canary, etc.Familiarity with various Cloud monitoring tools (Cloudwatch, New Relic, Splunk)Familiarity with networking and network securityExperience with scalable networking technologies and architectureFamiliarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as OS (Linux and Windows), Network, Database, Server, Storage etc.Comfortable with build and deploy toolsExperience managing, building, debugging and deploying Docker containers and microservice architectureExperience with GenAI and Agentic architecture

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.