Black Duck Software, Inc.
Application Security
Sr.ApplicationEngineer
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“Sr. Application Engineer at Black Duck Software, Inc.. Skills: DevSecOps, Application Security, Kubernetes, Docker. Analyze, debug, and resolve complex issues. Work closely with Customers, R&D, product teams”
What You'll Achieve.
build secure, high-quality software; minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity; find and fix vulnerabilities and defects; maximize security and quality in DevSecOps; strengthen system reliability; enhance vulnerability management processes; ensure customers implement scalable, secure, and efficient DevSecOps workflows
Industry & Context.
solving real-world engineering challenges; diving deep into complex systems; debugging intricate issues; problem solvers; technical experts; resolve sophisticated issues; analyze, debug, and resolve complex issues; Troubleshoot Complex DevSecOps Workflows; Analyze and resolve sophisticated issues; Provide root-cause investigations
Working a permanent EST time zone (IST 5. 30 PM to 2. 30 AM) as part of a 24x7 team
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal, Troubleshooting complex applications, Container Orchestration tools – Docker Swarm & Kubernetes, Web application servers, particularly Tomcat, Databases, SQL, Jenkins, TeamCity, or other CI/CD tools, Git, Terraform, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, Unix/Linux systems, scripting
Nice to Have
2+ years of experience in complex technical support, AWS, GCP, Azure, relational databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, search services, JVM memory analysis, CPU utilization, Coverity, Black Duck, Seeker, Fortify, Checkmarx, open source licenses, application security best practices
What You'll Do.
and resolve complex issues
Work closely with Customers
Engage deeply with enterprise customers
and optimize Black Duck integrations
Troubleshoot complex DevSecOps workflows
Analyze and resolve sophisticated issues
Provide root-cause investigations
Work closely with R&D
and engineering teams
Escalate critical findings
Influence product improvements
Convert customer challenges into actionable enhancements
Provide proactive technical recommendations
Provide best practices
Provide architectural guidance
Lead technical onboarding
Lead integration reviews
Lead solution design discussions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with Customers, R&D, product teams; Work closely with R&D, product managers, and engineering teams; Drive Technical Collaboration with Product & Engineering
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
Full Job Description
Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle. Are you a passionate engineer who thrives on solving real-world engineering challenges? Do you enjoy diving deep into complex systems, debugging intricate issues, and helping top-tier developers build secure, high-quality software? This is not a traditional support role as our Technical Support Engineers are problem solvers, trusted advisors, and technical experts. You’ll work directly with some of the world’s best engineering teams, helping them resolve sophisticated issues in their development environments using your programming and systems knowledge. What You’ll Do As a Sr. Application Engineer, you’ll be a key member of our Technical Support team, acting as a trusted advisor to our strategic customers. You’ll use your programming skills to analyze, debug, and resolve complex issues - not just answer tickets, Work closely with Customers, R&D, product teams, and senior engineers to drive solutions and improve our products. Responsibilities Act as a Strategic DevSecOps Technical Advisor : Engage deeply with enterprise customers to understand their architectures, development pipelines, and security goals. Architect, guide, and optimize Black Duck integrations across CI/CD environments using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Terraform. Troubleshoot Complex DevSecOps Workflows : Analyze and resolve sophisticated issues across containerized systems, Linux environme
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