DevOps Engineer

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- We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._

Company Overview

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

- Build and enhance our proven security platform
- Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
- Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
- Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

The Role

The Cloudmark products at Proofpoint protect the messaging infrastructure of more than 120 tier-one service providers worldwide, including Verizon, Comcast, Cox, Swisscom, and NTT. We are continually expanding our product line to prevent other malicious online activities and to make messaging safe.

The Safe Messaging Cloud (SMC) platform provides a carrier-grade, cloud-based messaging security solution for ISP’s, hosting companies and mobile network operators across the globe. The platform pairs advanced data analytics and automated threat monitoring to deliver responsive real-time anti-abuse protection for these high-volume messaging environments.

The team members supporting SMC have extensive experience in Linux system administration, software development and hands on experience with many of the modern-day technologies and languages (Docker, Go, Python, Jenkins, Artifactory, AWS, Ansible, Terraform, etc.).

Your day-to-day
- Contribute to the design and functionality of our ever-evolving Cloud platform.
- Maintain and update production environments.
- Write and Update IaC (CDK)
- Develop software for internal and external use using approved languages (Go, Python) and pair them with recent cloud technologies (serverless infrastructure, auto-scaling groups.)
- Do more than just _perform_ operational tasks - _design_ how they are done

We are looking for a driven engineer passionate about growing a new product and has skills that span multiple disciplines from years of hands on experience.

What you bring to the team
- Heavy exposure to Python, Go or similar languages, including the ability to independently learn your way out of any challenges
- Naturally curious person who is able to work with mínimal guidance while collaborating across multiple departments within the company
- Ability to work independently yet fully integrate with worldwide, remote teams
- Bachelors in Computer Science or related field
- Significant Linux system administration experience
- Comprehensive ability to diagnose and remediate complex issues
- Ability to effectively communicate with both internal and external resources.
- An instinct for learning why things work the way they do using experimentation and deductive reasoning
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Science, Math or equivalent work experience

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and treating them well is key to our success We are a multi-national company with locations in 10 countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture

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- If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us_