Overview

Binary Defense, headquartered in Stow, Ohio, is a rapidly growing cybersecurity software and services firm with solutions that include best-in-class Managed Detection & Response powered by a Managed Open XDR platform. The company has a 24/7 Security Operations Center that monitors their own proprietary managed EDR software as well as supporting leadings network, cloud and identity solutions. Advanced threat hunting, defense validation and counterintelligence services provide additional layers of security. Our expert security staff and technology help shield businesses from cyberattacks.

Binary Defense is a fast-paced business that enjoys a relaxed culture (from anywhere in the continental United States) and flexible remote work options. For the fourth year in a row, Binary Defense has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US on the Inc. 5000 list! At the 2022 Greater Cleveland Partnership’s “Best of Tech Awards,” Binary Defense was recognized as the “Best Technology Solution” for the third year in a row. We’ve also been named “North American Partner of the Year” by AT&T Cybersecurity, providing best-in-class SIEM technology and service. Binary Defense recently completed a $36 million growth equity round of funding from Invictus Growth Partners to accelerate our growth and technology and service delivery offerings.

Binary Defense offers competitive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents, a 401k match which vests every payroll, a flexible and remote friendly work environment, as well as training opportunities to expand your skill set (to name a few!). If you’re interested in joining a growing team with great perks, we encourage you to apply!

About the Role

This role will be critical in helping the organization reach its development roadmap goals and support a product experiencing rapid growth. We are seeking a talented, collaborative, high-energy individual who has deep and diverse technology expertise. The ideal candidate has experience building distributed solutions that are of high quality, scalable, reliable, and fast. In addition, this candidate has a track record of mentoring junior members of the team and promoting a culture of technical excellence.

As a remote-friendly team, we default to trust and expect the best from each other. We thrive when we cooperate with each other to deliver timely and effective work. We do our best to help everyone bring their whole selves to work, encourage diversity, and support family-friendliness and flexibility in our schedule.

Key Responsibilities

Effectively collaborate within a product-focused software delivery team to:

• Deliver world-class security products of the highest quality utilizing agile engineering and DevOps practices
• Define, design, estimate, plan, & execute user stories
• Write high-quality, well-tested code
• Develop and integrate changes in multiple projects to provide end-to-end solutions
• Apply technical and customer service skills to solve client problems
• Systematically troubleshoot production issues and deliver timely resolutions
• Continuously improve self, team, and the larger organization, as well as the technology and the processes for delivering and supporting customer facing products

Education/Experience

• Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar degree. Equivalent real-world experience would be acceptable in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
• Experience successfully working with distributed teams
• Successfully worked with teams following a mix of delivery processes (Kanban, Scrum, XP, LeSS, SAFe, etc.)
• Experience using .NET Core and ASP .NET Core
• Experience using F# or C#
• Experience with incremental delivery of features as part of a Software Development Life Cycle

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• If no direct previous F# experience then need an interest in learning F#
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to imagine yourself in the customer’s shoes
• Working knowledge of agile engineering practices such as CI/CD, automated unit testing, automated acceptance testing, test driven development (TDD), pair programming, feature teams, refactoring, collective code ownership, building in vertical slices, code reviews, etc.
• Technologist - Knowledge and interest in the latest system architecture, automation, cloud, and advanced technology trends with the ability to rapidly learn and apply new technology. Strong ability to share and teach to accelerate the team's adoption of new technologies.
• Calculated Risk Taker - Understands that end user satisfaction is a balance between features, service, and performance.
• Collaborative - Works closely with team members and stakeholders to understand needs, gain perspective, and collectively deliver solutions with a shared purpose.
• Enthusiastic - must be high-energy and a passionate advocate for quickly delivering value.
• Adaptive and Inclusive - works with team members to understand pain points and adjust standards, tools, and best practices accordingly. Learns from the team and adjusts with a focus on enablement.
• Attitude of transparency - must desire to bring disclosure and transparency.
• Creativity, initiative, and flexibility - tempered by pragmatism, patience, and attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solver - Ability to look at solutions in creative and unconventional ways, recognize opportunities to innovate, and engage partners in a vision and strategy while maintaining the "big picture" view
• Commitment to continuous improvement. Ability to dynamically adjust the plan, to resolve impediments as well as to meet changing business needs.
• Accountable - must embody a strong sense of responsibility for the timely completion of tasks, as well as the responsibility to ensure a shared understanding of shared tasks.
• Approaches work with a strong sense of urgency – you are in control and consistently identify opportunities to progress sooner rather than later.

Preferred

• Experience in cybersecurity and intelligence
• Knowledge of application security practices
• Experience building distributed solutions
• Experience with F# and C#
• Experience with Azure
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS)
• Experience with Teraform
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Pulumi
• Experience with GitLab

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