Security Engineer

Atlanta, GA, United States

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities. The Company’s more than 16,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Our Atlanta office is located in the historic Biltmore building, across from Georgia Tech’s campus, walking distance to several great restaurants and centrally located to the MARTA. We allow for flexible hours and some telecommuting options, but you should be in office most days.

THE ROLE: Sensus, a Xylem brand, seeks to hire a Software Security Java Engineer with a desire to join their Analytics team delivering Big Data applications in the Cloud. We’re focused on helping utility companies visualize and make use of the reams of data coming in from their smart meters so they can lower costs and reduce consumption.  This is a market poised for explosive growth and this team is ready to take advantage of it.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Participate in the development process from definition to deployment.

Develop cutting-edge technologies to improve Sensus’s software offering.

Create and maintain back end oriented services and micro-services utilized by the rest of our architecture.

Maintain and improve existing cloud-based applications, reducing costs and streamlining efficiency.

Engineer code that is efficient, standard and well documented.

Take on challenging tasks as needed with an eagerness to develop skills in new areas.

Bring to the job an excitement and work ethic on par for a startup technology firm.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BS in Computer Science or related field.

5+ year’s minimum of Java development in a team environment.

Proven ability to develop back end services in a large scale, high performance environment.

Developing On-premise and cloud based REST APIs and micro-services

Developing and enhancing authentication and authorization modules

Developing secure applications following OWASP guidelines

Translating security design into code in APIs and/or micro services environment

Integrating encryption and digital signatures using symmetric/asymmetric keys in software modules

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of attack vectors that may be used to exploit software

Experience with Spring boot, Spring Security and Open Source Security libraries

Experience in using JWTs as delegation access tokens in micro services integration patterns

Experience with OpenIdConnect/OAuth2, APIKeys authentication flows

Experience with virtualized deployment practices, particularly AWS

Good to have: Experience/understanding on AWS security with IAM, Security Groups, Security Policies knowledge

Experience with secure credential storage and management (RBAC)

Experience with MongoDB or other noSql datastore

Experience with various programing languages such as Go and python

Experience with EventStore concepts using technologies like Kafka

Experience with server-side MVC containers (Spring, Struts, Play Framework).

Experience with Agile methodology or similar lean startup approach to building software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment

Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.

Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours

EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED