Sr. Hashicorp Vault Application Engineer
| Company | Hartford Financial Services |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, IL, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, Columbus, OH, USA, Hartford, CT, USA |
| Salary | $127200 – $190800 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Process design / automation implementation – Includes reviewing the current implementations and processes associated with Vault and helping design more efficient and automated solutions where feasible.
Preferred Qualifications
- BS or MA in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or related field preferred.