Solution Engineer Trainee - Chennai, India - AccuKnox

Description

About Us

AccuKnox provides a Zero Trust Cloud Native Application Security (CNAPP) platform. AccuKnox is the core contributor to Kubernetes Run-time security solution, KubeArmor, a very popular CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) project. AccuKnox was developed in partnership with SRI (Stanford Research Institute) and is anchored on seminal inventions in the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Data Provenance. AccuKnox can be deployed in Public and Private Cloud environments.

Background / Review Material In preparation for a followup discussion:

· AccuKnox Zero Trust CNAPP (Cloud Native Application Protection Platform) - Explainer [8 min video] -

· KubeArmor available in AWS Marketplace -

· AWS KubeArmor blog -

· Zero Trust Secrets Management with AccuKnox [3 min video] -

· AccuKnox e-book, audio book [10 mins] -

Traits of people who do well at AccuKnox

§ Professionals who subscribe to these core values

Work Model

§ Work from home. You will be required to be on zoom video for meetings and be on slack, jira, whatsapp.

§ We are a global team with clients and team members and we expect every one to be flexible with respect to participating in zoom video calls to meet the needs of our team members, clients and partners

§ We do a 2 week sprint in person at an offsite location (last one was in Chennai at IIT Madras Research Park, current one is in Goa)

Details of training

§ Duration – 6 months

§ Stipend during training period – 30,000 Rs CTC

§ Successful candidates will receive confirmation after 6 months

Job Description during training period:

Duties and Responsibilities

AccuKnox Pre-Sales Engineering Support: Provide support to customers, partners in supporting Demos, POC (Proof of Concept),

AccuKnox Product Marketing Support: Provide support in the area of Product Marketing - Data Sheets, White Papers, Blogs, Videos, Collaterals

Security Research: Understand industry compliance, governance standards (PCI, SOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA), Security Frameworks (MITRE, CIS, OWASP, NIST STIGs), Current and Emerging Threats, Attack vectors (Ransomware, Bitcoin, Zero day)

AccuKnox Product Testing: Play the role of "voice of customer" in AccuKnox product testing

Knowledge, Experience, Certifications

Cloud Platforms: GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Openstack, Linux

CyberSecurity Products: Aqua, Tigera, Twistlock, Sysdig, Trivy, Clair, Snyk, Anchore, WireShark

Development Tools/Languages: Python, Golang, Java, SQL, NoSQL, NumPY

Certifications: CKA, CKAD, CKS

Compliance, Governance Frameworks: Governance standards (PCI-DSS, SOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA)

Security Frameworks (MITRE, CIS, OWASP, NIST, STIGs)

Excellent Communication Skills - Written, Verbal [Word, Excel, PPT, Zoom]

Bonus points for

Open Source Contributions

Experience operating in a 24X7 SOC

Writing insightful blogs, white papers

Presentations at RSA, BlackHat, DefCon, BSides, etc.

Terraform and/or ansible, vault a plus

Qualifications:

§ BE, B.Tech, MCA, MSC in Computer Science

§ Knowledge of Public Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) preferred

§ MBA preferred

§ Excellent written, verbal, presentation, communication skills

Our interview process

We try to make the process as streamlined and efficient but the process is likely to take 3-4 weeks and will consist of the following steps:

1. Initial Screen

2. Zoom video call #1 – SME (Subject Matter Expert) interview

3. Zoom video call #2 – SME (Subject Matter Expert) interview

4. Zoom video call #3 – HR interview

Your Application / Response

Please structure your response in the following manner:

1. Please send your updated resume

2. Your notice period [our needs are immediate and we are not likely to consider candidates with > 30 day notice period]

3. Please send a ~ 5 min YouTube self-recorded video of yourself:

a. Tell us more about yourself – your upbringing, family, education, etc.

b. What do you like about AccuKnox?

c. What makes you uniquely qualified for a trainee position with us?

d. What is the greatest accomplishment you have achieved and/or greatest obstacle you have overcome in your life (personal, academic or professional)?

Please send your response to

Please Note: incomplete responses will not be considered