Backend SDET

job summary:

Experience supporting or coordinating security-related initiatives in enterprise environments.

Background working with EDT, batch processing, or large-scale data movement platforms.

Exposure to audit, risk, or compliance-driven initiatives related to data security and access controls.

Familiarity with automation, monitoring, or reporting tools in support of operational initiatives.

Experience building operational dashboards and KPI reporting solutions.

Familiarity with AWS services such as Transfer Family, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, EventBridge, and Systems Manager.

Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, firewalls, load balancing, proxies, and TCP/IP troubleshooting.

location: Boston, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $62 - 63 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and lead end-to-end SSH key rotation activities for vendors and clients across EDT platforms.
• Act as the main liaison between internal teams, external vendors, and clients to coordinate schedules, dependencies, and execution plans.
• Track achievements, risks, issues, and dependencies; proactively communicate status and call out concerns as needed.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements related to key rotations and data transmission processes.
• Ensure alignment to enterprise security standards, timelines, and control requirements.
• Maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and stakeholder communications related to key management activities.
• Support continuous improvement by finding opportunities to standardize, streamline, or automate SSH key management processes.
• Design, implement, and support secure file transfer solutions applying SFTP, FTPS, AS2, Connect: Direct (NDM), APIs, and cloud-native services.
• Develop automation solutions using Python, Shell scripting, and Go to streamline operational processes, key management activities, client onboarding, and platform administration.
• Identify operational gaps, recurring issues, and manual processes, and drive automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Fix and resolve file transfer, authentication, connectivity, and transmission issues across distributed, cloud, and mainframe environments.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive actions to improve platform reliability and reduce operational incidents.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to support new client onboarding, platform migrations, protocol upgrades, and modernization initiatives.

qualifications:

Experience coordinating and driving large-scale SSH key rotation programs involving external vendors, clients, and enterprise applications.

Solid understanding of SSH authentication, key lifecycle management, encryption standards, and secure file transfer architectures.

Ability to manage technical dependencies and stakeholder communications associated with security-driven initiatives.

Proven ability to work as a team player in a multi-functional, enterprise environment.

Strong technical foundation in:

Data transmission technologies

File transfer protocols (e.g., SFTP, FTP/S, NDM, AS2, API-based transfers)

SSH keys, authentication concepts, and secure data exchange principles

Working knowledge of IBM mainframe environments, distributed application architectures, and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) services.

Experience translating technical concepts into clear business-impact discussions and vice versa.

skills:

AS2,S3,AWS services,Ansible,API-based,APIs,automation development,batch processing,large-scale data,Cloud Service,CloudWatch,secure data,data security,Data Transmission,DNS,enterprise applications,file transfer,SFTP,File transfer protocols,FTP,FTPS,firewalls,Lambda,Go,IBM mainframe,key management,load balancing,networking fundamentals,proxies,Python,runbooks,cloud-native services,EventBridge,Shell scripting,reporting tools,detail oriented,highly motivated,proactively,proactive,ability to work as a team,collaborative,access controls,administration,audit,Automation,automate,automation solutions,continuous improvement,client onboarding,enterprise security,encryption,partnering with clients,operational dashboards,project execution,Electronic,KPI reporting,engineering expertise,lifecycle management,operational risk,operational support,preventive actions,process improvement initiatives,risks,risk,root cause analysis,security,schedules,stakeholder communications,standardize,streamline,translating technical concepts,clear documentation

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This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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