Senior Security Engineer / Senior Security Engineeress

SonarSource SA - April 30, 2025

Geneva

Mission Control – Information Security

Employee
Full-Time
On-site

At Sonar, we are a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals dedicated to helping organizations develop responsible, secure, high-quality code efficiently. Our mission is to address not just the symptoms of problems but to resolve issues at their core—specifically, the source code itself.

With a dynamic culture and a global workforce, we have offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe every team member should experience fulfilling work, take pride in their contributions, and feel energized by collaboration with their peers. Rooted in the open-source community, our goal is to deliver solutions that ensure Clean Code.

The Impact You Will Have

Our primary objective is to establish trust with our rapidly growing customer base by ensuring the security of our products and demonstrating adherence to stringent security standards.

As a member of the Information Security team, you will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure that our products and cloud platforms are designed, built, and maintained according to Sonar’s high security standards. You will assist in ongoing improvements, ensure endpoint security, and manage the procurement and deployment of new solutions. Additionally, you will investigate and address security issues identified by our team. Your contributions will play a vital role in the growth of our business through Sonar’s “collective intelligence” mindset.

Your Daily Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement security initiatives outlined in the Strategic Security Plan.
  • Procure, design, and implement new security tools and features.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement security solutions for products.
  • Conduct internal and external security reviews and penetration testing campaigns.
  • Investigate and resolve security issues in products and internal systems.
  • Review engineering product architecture and solutions to ensure integration of security requirements.
  • Investigate and manage CVE and cloud platform configurations.
  • Manage and configure cloud networks and firewalls.

The Technical Skills You Will Demonstrate

  • Extensive experience with Cloud architectures, including AWS and GCP.
  • Extensive experience with CI/CD platforms.
  • Experience in application security assessment methods and reviews, including authentication and authorization.
  • Proficiency in threat modeling using frameworks like STRIDE.
  • Experience with penetration testing.
  • Knowledge of CVE investigation and management.
  • Proficiency in endpoint security tools such as CrowdStrike and CyberArk.
  • Experience in cloud network and firewall management.
  • Familiarity with the Azure platform and Google Workspace is a plus.

The Soft Skills You Will Demonstrate

  • You possess a natural curiosity.
  • You are friendly, enthusiastic, and organized, making you a valuable team player.
  • You actively share knowledge and foster feedback to improve both yourself and the team.
  • You can clearly identify problems and articulate them effectively before proposing solutions.
  • You have experience in cross-team projects within a global organization.
  • You are fluent in both written and spoken English.

Why You Will Love It Here

  • Our culture and mission make us stand out. We embrace a dynamic work environment that values respect and kindness, and we believe in learning from failures.
  • We know that great people build a great company; hence, we prioritize both technical and interpersonal skills.
  • Work-life balance is important to us. Our flexible work policy includes remote and in-office hybrid work (minimum three days a week in the office: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday).
  • We promote a growth mindset and continuous education, essential for success in our ever-evolving industry.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sonar, we celebrate our global workforce and the diverse backgrounds that enrich our company culture. We are committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proudly uphold equal opportunity for all qualified applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the clear results of a comprehensive background check conducted prior to the start date. Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Location : Vernier
Country : Switzerland

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