At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
Available Locations: Austin, US
About the Role
Reporting to the Vulnerability Manager, the VM Engineer will be responsible for identifying, analysing, and supporting the remediation of vulnerabilities across Cloudflare's Infrastructure and cloud environments.You will work closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, cloud and compliance teams to identify, triage, and drive timely and effective remediation of security vulnerabilities in line with defined SLAs. A key focus of the role will be supporting DOD IL4 and Fedramp preparation, ensuring vulnerability processes, evidence, and tooling align with regulatory and assurance requirements. We are looking for a proactive, detail oriented individual with the ability to manage multiple remediation activities in parallel.
Responsibilities
- Conduct vulnerability scanning, and perform in-depth analysis of findings from scanning tools (e.g., Qualys, Nessus, Rapid7), to verify accuracy, identify systemic patterns, and filter out false positives.
- Triage, validate and prioritise vulnerabilities using risk based approaches to determine real business impact, and working with engineering and compliance teams to agree remediation actions and timelines.
- Develop, document, and deliver technical remediation guidance and solutions to enable application and infrastructure teams to remediate efficiently and consistently.
- Support DOD IL4 and Fedramp preparation, by ensuring vulnerability management processes, evidence, reporting, and controls meet regulatory and assurance expectations.
- Work closely with engineering and service teams to embed vulnerability management into delivery pipelines , operational processes and change management.
- Establish strong relationships with engineering teams to track and report status and remediation progress
- Manage and track the remediation backlog, maintaining focus on risk reduction and measurable progress.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of vulnerability management standards, procedures, and playbooks, ensuring alignment with IL4, Fedramp and other compliance requirements.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
- Solid understanding of DoD Impact level IL4, FedRAMP, SOC-2, and PCI frameworks.
- 3+ years Vulnerability Management experience in a heavily regulated environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or security certifications in a related field.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical teams.
- A strong understanding of CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) and how to apply risk assessment methodologies in a business context to support remediation..
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning platforms (e.g., Qualys, Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM).
- Strong analytical skills to identify patterns in data and distinguish between theoretical risk and actual exploitability.
Bonus Points
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation.
- Proficiency in using ticketing tools like JIRA for managing tickets and tasks.
- Hands on experience with Infrastructure pentesting tools.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.
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