Sr. HashiCorp Vault Application Engineer

The Hartford; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

This innovative firm is seeking a Sr. HashiCorp Vault Application Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in HashiCorp Vault to enhance directory services and ensure operational excellence. You will play a crucial part in integrating Vault into AWS, while also advocating for automation and process efficiency. Your technical acumen will be vital in driving improvements in disaster recovery and cyber resilience testing. If you are passionate about making a significant impact in a collaborative environment and possess a diverse technical background, this position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of security at a leading insurance company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years supporting HashiCorp Vault and 4+ years in directory services.
• Fluent in multiple authentication types and strong decision-making capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support HashiCorp Vault environments, ensuring stability and currency.
• Design and implement improvements for DR testing and Cyber Resilience.

Skills

HashiCorp Vault

Directory Services

Identity Management

Authentication Patterns

Powershell

C# .NET

Windows Server Knowledge

Decision-Making Skills

Organizational Skills

Innovative Thinking

Education

BS or MA in Engineering

BS or MA in Computer Science

BS or MA in Information Security

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Sr. HashiCorp Vault Application Engineer

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Hartford, CT Chicago, IL-200 W Madison St Charlotte NC-South Tryon St. time type Full time posted on Posted 7 Days Ago job requisition id R2519755 Senior Security Engineer - IS07FE

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

The Hartford’s Information Protection (THIP) organization is looking for talented professionals to join a high-performing team that is charged with supporting and enhancing our core Directory Services platforms. As a Directory Services engineer, this position will be part of the primary technical team tasked with engineering and maintaining directory services platforms, specializing in HashiCorp Vault. The individual will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction and use of HashiCorp Vault as currently deployed at the Hartford. Additionally, the position will have broad accountabilities around currency, patching and operational support metrics for Vault. This role will provide thought leadership, professional support and valued contributions to a range of production support, development and project activities. We are looking for an experienced professional, who has a breadth of knowledge and skills across various technical acumens, along with an understanding of industry best practices.

The right person will develop a deep understanding of Vault's usage and consumption, continuously advocate for automation and process efficiency, and where necessary challenge and influence management to take actions to appropriately utilize the systems. The role is heavily focused on ensuring currency and stability in the environment. The right person will have a wide-ranging technical knowledge with a desire to learn and grow their technical skills across the noted domains.

Responsibilities:

1. Technical Expert for engineering and support for HashiCorp Vault: Includes monitoring overall health and well-being of the Vault environments, playing a key role on the current team as an ambassador for currency and stability, and analyzing and implementing required changes, patches and upgrades for Vault.
2. Technical support for DR and Cyber Resilience testing: Includes planning, testing and support activities for DR testing and Cyber Resilience recovery testing for Vault. This includes review of current process and designing and implementing improvements and efficiencies.
3. Spearhead growth of Vault into AWS: Accountable for developing the plan and path for integrating HashiCorp Vault into AWS. Includes the plan for new / added infrastructure, design patterns for implementations, partnering with AWS partners for determining best use cases and developing a roadmap for implementation and support.
4. Process design / automation implementation: Includes reviewing the current implementations and processes associated with Vault and helping design more efficient and automated solutions where feasible.

This role will have a Hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of working in an office location (Hartford, CT, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL or Columbus, OH) 3 days a week (Tuesday -Thursday).

Qualifications:

Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to perform the duties listed above while demonstrating the skills and competencies necessary to be highly effective in the role. These skills and competencies include:

• A broad and diverse technical background.
• 2+ years supporting HashiCorp Vault.
• Fluent in multiple authentication types and patterns (approle w/ trusted entities, Kerberos, LDAP, Kubernetes, OIDC, etc).
• 4+ years supporting directory services and/or identity management related technologies.
• Expert knowledge in the use and configuration of various secrets engines (LDAP, AWS, KV2, etc…).
• Strong understanding of best practices with short lived credentials and token TTLs.
• Understanding of the use of performance cluster and DR clusters.
• Powershell / C# .NET knowledge.
• Splunk & audit log analysis beneficial.
• Strong overall knowledge of Windows servers.
• A track record in production support / system support activities.
• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate actions.
• Confidence to effectively influence others to modify their opinions, plans, or behaviors.
• Excellent prioritization capabilities, with an aptitude for breaking down work into manageable parts, effectively assessing the priority and time required to complete each part.
• Organizational skills that enables one to work on several tasks simultaneously, providing management with appropriate insight into the workload and priorities.
• Original and innovative thinking that produces new ideas and creates innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement process improvement initiatives.
• BS or MA in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or related field preferred.

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation:

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$127,200 - $190,800

Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age