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The Opportunity

The Nutanix Core Security engineering team focuses on building secure hybrid cloud platforms. This team is responsible for developing customer facing security functionalities and core platform security services. We own multiple areas that help to improve product security postures and values on AOS (NCI) and Security Central (SC) Platforms. It has been great working closely with both internal X-functional teams and external solution partners in solving complex product security issues.  We work closely with PM team to align our security features with NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

Your Role

As a security engineer, you are capable of understanding end-to-end designs that span multiple groups and disciplines. You will be responsible for handling the dev-ops and test automation functions of the team, including: 

• Test automation 
• Tools development
• Working with project teams to ensure that quality testing and automation are part of the design process.  
• This collaboration will include multiple cross-functional teams viz., PM, UX, System Test, Documentation and other relevant Engineering groups while working on a feature from its inception to release. 
• Creating test plans and procedures that can be automated and provide test coverage.
• Working with QA engineers across multiple teams to coordinate the testing approach and test coverage. 
• Work with management to define best practices and improvements in development and quality processes. 
• Taking responsibility for meeting quality goals of multiple development branches.  

What You Will Bring

• At minimum, a bachelor's in computer science, computer engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 3–6 years of professional experience of testing software services, including frontend and backend (full-stack development).
• Experience in writing unit, functional, integration, performance, and system tests.
• Experience with or understanding of Golang, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Shell scripts, Python, GitHub/Gerrit 
• Good understanding of Linux internals, including kernel behavior, memory management, file systems, networking. 
• Good understanding of systems and web (OWASP, OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS)) security concepts. 
• Good understanding of restful APIs and related test strategies 
• Familiarity with certificate management, authorization and authentication, multi-role RBAC, etc. 
• Familiarity with SE Linux, SALT 
• Familiarity with Linux sub-systems like memory management. 
• Familiarity with virtualization — Avid user of AI tool-based code development, e.g. like Cursor, CoPilot, etc.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

-- Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled. We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].