Principal Network Security Engineer

Granicus provides technology and services that empowers government organizations to create seamless digital experiences for the people they serve. By offering the industry’s leading cloud-based solutions for communications, content management, meeting and agenda management, and digital services to over 4,000 public sector organizations, Granicus helps turn government missions into quantifiable realities.

Granicus is looking to expand its security Cyber Defense program and is looking for someone to provide expertise to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization. If you’re a self-starter who wants to help build and operationalize network security prevention and detection systems, and work with other technology teams to build a secure environment, then we want to hear from you. Our core beliefs are building trust within the organization as well as with our clients, building strong intergroup relationships, evolving knowledge, and always being on the lookout for ways to improve. 

• Serve as subject matter expert for all network security engineering technologies
• Provide leadership within the Network Security Engineering team and across Granicus
• Implementing ingress security controls for public Internet facing SaaS products
• Work with teams and provide leadership to implement network controls to protect cloud assets
• Identify technical challenges and formulate engineering solutions
• Apply good design and problem-solving skills to multi-team projects
• Build new detection capabilities based on research of new attack techniques
• Maintain, tune, and sunset existing detection capabilities
• Work closely with SOC Operations team to design and improve process flows
• Work closely with Security Engineering to improve tooling and processes
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Provide mentorship and leadership for other Cyber Defense personnel
• Research new security technology trends that can be used to reduce exposure
• Work with cross functional teams as a security representative during incidents
• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets

• Advanced level knowledge of network security engineering technologies, techniques, and implementation
• Broad and deep expertise in modern networking technologies, especially cloud networking
• Demonstrated expertise with cloud network security technologies including next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, DDoS mitigation, bot protection, API gateways, network security groups

• Demonstrated expertise with on premises network security technologies including next-generation firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, routers, switches
• Working knowledge of Cyber Security detection and response processes, methodologies, and tools
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to be a self-starter
• Ability to work independently to accomplish assigned objectives with minimal supervision
• Ability to lead others and manage direct reports
• Experience engineering with cybersecurity tools such as SIEM, EDR, CSPM
• Ability to write technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and train team members

• Helping people engage with government and get things done in a more efficient manner
• A flexible, “work from anywhere” mentality
• The use of cutting edge technology
• Working with collaborative teams that want to make the world a better place

The Team

We area globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Culture

At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. A few culture highlights include –

-        Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices

-        Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work life balance and current affairs.

-        Embracing diversity & fostering a culture of ideation, collaboration & meritocracy

-        We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee population

The Company

Serving the People Who Serve the People

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

The Impact

We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.

The Process

-        Assessment – Take a quick assessment.

-        Phone screen – Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.

-        Hiring Manager/Panel interview – Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus. Meet more members on the team! Learn more and share more.

-        Reference checks – Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.

-        Verbal offer – Let’s talk numbers, benefits, culture and answer any questions.

-        Written offer – Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!

Benefits at Granicus India

Along with the challenges of the job, Granicus offers employees an attractive benefits package which includes –

-        Hospitalization Insurance Policy covering employees and their family members including parents

-        All employees are covered under Personal Accident Insurance & Term Life Insurance policy

-        All employees can avail annual health check facility 

-        Eligible for reimbursement of telephone and internet expenses

-        Wellness Allowance to avail health club memberships and/or access to physical fitness centres

-        Wellbeing Wednesdays which includes 1x global Unplug Day and 2x No Meeting Days every quarter

-        Memberships for ‘meditation and mindfulness ‘ apps including on-demand mental health support 24/7 

-        Access to learning management system Say., Udemy Learning Premium account membership & many more

-        Access to Rewards & recognition portal and quarterly recognition program

Security and Privacy Requirements

-     Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.

-     Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies. 

Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.