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Careers at WhiteHat Security

WhiteHat Security is a always on the lookout for highly motivated and talented individuals. WhiteHat is a hard working and intelligent group with deep passion for information security and technological innovation. Our current job openings are listed below. Follow the instructions that appear on in the job details section to apply for open positions.

Software Engineer

Do you desire to work on Terabyte-sized datasets, cutting-edge web security in the cloud?

Come join our team at WhiteHat Security to extend our highly successful SaaS Web application to scale our business, serve our security engineers and secure the most prominent web sites on the Net. Data is critical to our business, and this position is an opportunity to be a primary contributor to scale our systems architecture, extend our warehouse design, and optimize systems performance. You will primarily be a hands-on contributor with ownership of design, implementation, and deployment.

WhiteHat developers use agile methodologies and have deep experience in enterprise software development, Web application security, data mining, database and network security.

Skills & Experience ¶

Perl Class::DBI or DBIx::Class
Linux, VMWare, NFS, Memcached, MogileFS
TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL
Postgres or other SQL
BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering
Effective written and oral communications

To be Considered for this Position ¶

Submit with your resume a well-written e-mail that succinctly answers these questions:

Describe how you have diagnosed a scaling issue, or increased the performance of a large system.
Describe your experience incorporating a new technology into an existing system.

Please note you may be required to pass background checks and/or other security requirements prior to joining WhiteHat Security. This is required to comply with our various customer security requirements.

User Interaction Engineer

Are you experienced with or desire to work on Terabyte-sized datasets, database optimizations and enterprise applications? WhiteHat Security is hiring a user interaction developer to refine and extend our highly successful SaaS Web application to better represent our large datasets. You would work closely with internal customers and product management to build new features that scale our business and incorporate new functionality.

WhiteHat developers use agile methodologies and work in a highly collaborative environment.

Join our team of engineers with backgrounds in enterprise software development, Web application security, data mining, database and network security.

Skills & Experience

Effective written and oral communications
Web-application development
Javascript/HTML/CSS
JQuery, MooTools
Perl+Catalyst, Python+Django.
Postgres and SQL

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering

To be Considered for this Position

Submit with your resume a well-written cover letter that succinctly answers these questions:

Describe how you have re-factored an existing web-application to a new framework.
Describe some User Interaction features that assist the user in managing large datasets, or queries that take minutes complete.

Customer Support Engineer

For the driven web application support professional looking to take your career to new heights, join WhiteHat Security, a leading provider of web application security services. In this critical role, you will support both end-users and partner organizations, driving increased adoption though exceptional customer service. This is a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor and join a newly created team dedicated to expanding and improving our already top-notch global customer service organization.

WhiteHat Security is a leading provider of website security services. WhiteHat develops comprehensive, easy-to-use, cost-effective solutions that enable companies to secure valuable customer data, meet federal compliance standards, and maintain customer confidence. WhiteHat Sentinel is the most accurate, complete and cost-effective website vulnerability management solution available. It delivers the flexibility, simplicity and manageability that organizations need to take control of website security and prevent Web attacks. WhiteHat Sentinel is built on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed from the ground up to scale massively and support the largest enterprises and offer the most compelling business efficiencies.

As a Customer Support Engineer, based in our Santa Clara, CA headquarters your primary mission will be to provide exceptional Tier 2 support to our end users and partners. Your professional experience supporting a web application security solutions via customer support process will ensure you hit the ground running. Proven problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills, paired with an articulate and empathetic communication style will allow you to resolve issues for our clients at all levels, from IT security engineer, senior manager and CxO executives. A track record of developing or presenting support-focused classes or webinars, partnered with experience writing customer-facing support documentation, will put you at the head of the pack. We provide 24/7 support for our client base so your ability to be on call or a rotational shift will be required. Join our team now to propel your career forward in the dynamic and evolving application security industry.

To be considered for this position, please complete an online hiring profile and application.

Technical Account Manager

For the driven professional looking to catapult your career to new heights with a position that incorporates client interaction and project management, look no further - WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website security solutions, has the right opportunity for you! As a Technical Account Manager, you'll act as the custodian of our problem resolution process, the ultimate gatekeeper for an issue that cannot be handled through the resolution process and a key decision maker for our clients. This is an exceptional opportunity to get in on the ground floor and join a newly created team dedicated to expanding and improving our already top-notch customer support organization. Utilize your prior account management or sales engineer experience and let your future career growth take you into the web application security space!

WhiteHat Security provides a comprehensive solution to the rapidly growing problem of website security and is the leading provider of website security services. WhiteHat develops comprehensive, easy-to-use and cost-effective solutions that enable companies to secure valuable customer data, meet federal compliance standards, and maintain customer confidence. Our experienced team has backgrounds ranging from Symantec to VeriSign to Tripwire to Yahoo!. WhiteHat executives are also frequent speakers at premier security industry events such as BlackHat, HackInTheBox, OWASP, RSA, SANS, WASC, and more. We are growing at an impressive pace and are the right place for bright, creative, energetic people looking to get in on the ground floor of a fantastic opportunity.

As a Technical Account Manager in our Santa Clara, CA office, your primary mission will be to provide a wide range of account management and technical support services to WhiteHat's enterprise clients. You will have the opportunity to support existing accounts with support services through close account interaction and coordination of WhiteHat service issues. Showcase your technical acumen and business savvy skills as you consult with clients to gain an understanding of their business and technical requirements, engineer appropriate and technically sound solutions, and interface with technical client teams for planning of future web security needs. Prior experience in information security and customer support will enable you to better understand detailed technical issues and synthesize clear approaches for their resolution. Proven experience in a customer-facing engineering role combined with your excellent verbal communication skills will give you the tools needed to successfully present our technically advanced solutions to the senior management of our clients. This position will require up to 25% travel to our clients' sites. Your initiative and proactive approach to account management and customer support will ensure that you excel. Apply online now ›

Application Security Specialist

To apply for this position, you must complete an assessment questionnaire. Full application details are included on the form. Download questionnaire ›

Job Description:

For the up-and-coming security specialist: this is an amazing opportunity to flex your creative muscles as you take a crack at poking holes in websites, actively searching for security vulnerabilities that you can exploit.

In this role you will have access to thousands of well-known and famous websites. Your job will be to actively root through these websites looking for all of the ways a blackhat could use to break into a site. This position will teach you to master the basics of web application security and secure software engineering. You will learn what it takes to become a skilled hacker and have opportunities to advance into more senior Security Engineering positions at WhiteHat if you demonstrate the required aptitude and skills. This experience will also launch your career in the rapidly growing web application security industry.

WhiteHat Security provides a comprehensive solution to the growing problem of website security and is the leading provider of website security services. WhiteHat develops comprehensive, easy-to-use and cost-effective solutions that enable companies to secure valuable customer data, meet federal compliance standards, and maintain customer confidence. Our experienced team has backgrounds ranging from Symantec to VeriSign to Tripwire to Yahoo!. WhiteHat executives are also frequent speakers at premier security industry events such as BlackHat, HackInTheBox, OWASP, RSA, SANS, WASC, and more. We are growing at an impressive pace and are the right place for bright, creative, energetic people looking to get in on the ground floor of a fantastic opportunity. Find out more about WhiteHat and why excel at what we do at: www.whitehatsec.com

As a member of WhiteHat Security's Santa Clara, California-based testing team, you will be an integral part of the group that delivers our proprietary Sentinel Service to our corporate clients. You will become expert at providing our customers with first-class service and guiding them on how best to utilize our sophisticated tools. Your solid understanding of web applications—not just how to use a browser, but how the browser interacts with a web server—will prove critical to your success, and you will be counted on to explain to our clients how and why our service is working for them. Your familiarity with popular web application languages and platforms (.NET, J2EE, C#, Java(script), Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.) will give you an advantage ramping up for this extremely rewarding position. The vulnerabilities are out there--come find them!

To apply for this position, you must complete an assessment questionnaire. Full application details are included on the form. Download questionnaire ›

Senior Sales Engineer, Northeast

WhiteHat Security, a dynamic, high-growth company recognized as industry leader that delivers unique, SaaS-based, web application security offering, is seeking a self-motivated, Sr. Sales Engineer, with a minimum of 5-10 years experience working with enterprise accounts at both executive and technical levels, coupled with significant experience working closely with channel partners. Ideally located in New York, NJ, or CT (will consider Mid-Atlantic area).

The ideal candidate will be strongly qualified in the application security sector, and have experience working in a start-up environment. Exemplary presentation and communication skills are required.
The company is privately held and the compensation package includes stock options and excellent medical benefits.

Primary Responsibilities are as Follows:

Become fluent with presenting business benefits and technical aspects of the service to prospects, partners, and customers
Provide training for technical counterparts of channel partners
Assist direct sales team and partners in completing RFPs
Be capable of delivering webinars, live presentations, seminars, etc.
Provide feedback to the internal development team
Interact with internal Security Operations team & Customer Support to help to manage prospect and customer technical issues

Primary Qualifications Include:

Strong background in the computer security industry – Web application security is a big plus
Understanding of Web technologies, programming languages, platforms
Knowledge of software development practices is desirable
Able to travel (up to 50%)

To be Considered for this Position

Submit your resume and a well-written cover letter to WhiteHat.

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