Security Research Engineer — Internal Tooling & Cloud Automation

SpyCloud, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Employer Contribution

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

HSA with Employer Contribution

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Job summary

SpyCloud, Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a software engineer to build internal security tooling and data pipelines within SpyCloud Labs. You will design, implement, and maintain tooling to automate collection and parsing of recaptured data and deploy cloud infrastructure.

Requirements include 4+ years of software development, strong Python skills, and IaC experience with Terraform and Ansible; Golang is a plus. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, self‑directed, collaborative, and flexible.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in cybersecurity
• Highly skilled with Python; Golang proficiency a plus
• Experience building internal tooling and deploying using Infrastructure as Code technologies (Terraform, Ansible)
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent in Math, Science, Engineering, or Business
• Self-directed with minimal supervision
• Critical thinker and collaborative problem solver
• Highly self-motivated, empathetic, curious, and flexible

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain internal tooling for acquiring and parsing recaptured underground data
• Build and deploy cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code technologies
• Build and deploy automated CI/CD pipelines to test and deploy tooling and infrastructure
• Collaborate with the research team to support data sources
• Identify improvements and automation in the data workflow and ETL pipelines
• Participate in security research to support SpyCloud priorities

Skills

Python

Golang

Self-directed

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

SpyCloud, Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a software engineer to build internal security tooling and data pipelines within SpyCloud Labs. You will design, implement, and maintain tooling to automate collection and parsing of recaptured data and deploy cloud infrastructure.

Requirements include 4+ years of software development, strong Python skills, and IaC experience with Terraform and Ansible; Golang is a plus. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, self‑directed, collaborative, and flexible.