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About the Role

Fastly is seeking a Security Automation Engineer for our Customer Security Operations Center (CSOC) team. You will help design, operate, and evolve the internal security platform and tools that enable our Security Analysts to keep our customers safe. You'll work across the entire stack of our bespoke SIEM and SOAR platform, designing systems, writing production-grade code, and shipping features that directly impact customer protection. You will collaborate with Security Analysts to understand their challenges and develop automated security workflows to solve problems, ensuring the right information is presented at the right time. You will identify inefficiencies in security incident detection and response and build tools to eliminate them.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and refactor our custom internal security platform across both the backend (FastAPI) and frontend(React)
Partner with security analysts to turn manual workflows into automated, reliable processes
Integrate and operationalise AI/ML utilities (such as LLMs) into our security platform to assist analysts with threat investigation and incident summarisation
Work with our infrastructure in GCP, using Kubernetes for orchestration and Terraform for resource management
Leverage our monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus/Grafana) to detect failures early and maintain high availability across the internal security platform the team owns
Build and maintain API integrations that connect our detection tools, ticketing systems, and customer environments
Champion code quality through code reviews, testing practices and CI/CD pipelines

Requirements

At least 3 years building and shipping software in a production environment
Solid proficiency in Python, JavaScript and/or Golang
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud providers (GCP)
Ability to discern when to build a complex system and when a simple solution is appropriate
Care about testing, code quality and monitoring applications
Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly
Collaborate effectively with a distributed team across time zones
Experience guiding and coaching team members
Ability to pick up new skills quickly and share learnings with the broader team
A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying

Skills

Python
JavaScript
Golang
Docker
Kubernetes
GCP
FastAPI
React
AI/ML
LLMs
Terraform
Prometheus
Grafana
API integrations
Code reviews
Testing practices
CI/CD pipelines
SIEM
SOAR
Event-driven architectures
Message queues (e.g. Kafka, Pub/Sub)

Location

Remote
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

3+ years of experience building and shipping software in a production environment

Salary/Compensations

$142,630.00 - $201,348.00

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Family planning support
Mental health support
Employee Assistance Program
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Accident insurance
Flexible Vacation policy
18 days of accrued paid sick leave
401(k) with company match
Employee Stock Purchase Program
12 paid local holidays
12 paid company wellness days

About the Company

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team.

Equal Opportunity

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901.