Fast Facts

Amplify is seeking a SecOps Engineer CoOp to join its DevSecOps teams, focusing on building and integrating security tools for their education platform. This role offers exposure to cybersecurity best practices while supporting engineers in creating reliable and secure applications for K-12 education.

Responsibilities: Provide support to engineering teams, advocate for best practices in security, integrate security into CI/CD processes, build secure data pipelines, and participate in knowledge sharing and security policy development.

Skills: Knowledge of computer science, software engineering, cybersecurity fundamentals, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team.

Qualifications: Pursuing a BS/MS in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent, and experience with cloud service providers and commonly used tools like Linux, Jenkins, AWS, and BurpSuite is preferred.

Location: Remote job based in the United States, no additional travel required.

Compensation: $62400 - $62400 / Annually

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

Our DevSecOps teams build the tools that empower every engineer to ship code to classrooms quickly and reliably. You’ll join our organization as a SecOps Engineer CoOp, helping build and integrate the tools that keep our systems and data secure. Our SecOps Engineers take a proactive role in building best-practices and sharing that culture, with a strong focus on building custom automation and innovative usage and integration of 3rd party cyber-security tooling with our internal workflows.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide top-level support for the talented engineers that build customer-facing applications to help teachers and students in classrooms throughout the U.S.
• helping teams across the company create compelling apps by designing tools, workflows, and culture to ship code from laptops to classrooms frequently
• Adopt and advocate for best-practices to:
• Help teams meet the ultimate reliability and uptime challenges for digital tools by integrating security into
• continuous integration
• configuration and deployment automation
• Build data pipelines that respect privacy and ensure security while offering useful insights
• Learn every day by:
• collaborating, pull requesting, and being mentored on a cross-functional team
• participating in cross-team share-outs, brownbags, and workshop series
• Contribute knowledge and ideas to the Information Security Committee for the development of policies, standards, and best-practices
• Improve and participate in our security and regular incident processes 

Required Qualifications: 

• Be pursuing a BS/MS in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or equivalent
• Have knowledge of computer science and software engineering fundamentals
• Have knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals
• Have the ability to work with a close-knit team 
• Have the ability to both give and receive constructive feedback
• Have strong communication skills 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with at least one cloud service provider
• Experience with tools we use every day:
• Build: Linux, Jenkins, Docker, Python, AWS CodeBuild/CodePipeline
• Storage: PostgreSQL, S3, DynamoDB
• Deploy: AWS (ECS, EC2, Lambda, etc.), Terraform
• Monitoring: Datadog
• Security: BurpSuite
• Passion and talent for teaching fellow engineers and non-engineers
• Passion for building and learning: open source contributions, pet projects, self-education, Stack Overflow
• Experience in education or ed-tech

What we offer:

This role is eligible for participation in a 401(k) plan. The annualized gross salary for this role is $62,400.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email hiringaccommodations@amplify.com.

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If you are selected for employment, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination, or submit to enhanced background screening, such as fingerprinting.

Amplify is an E-Verify participant.