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Job type full-time
Full job description
The elevator pitch: why will you enjoy this new opportunity?
Working with the vmware government services (vgs) team, you will be engaged on the forefront of reimagining how security and compliance is validated across a hyperscale cloud service provider (csp)If solving complex problems and applying automation techniques to increase efficiency in manual processes and common technical implementations, then this is the right role for youIf you’re looking for an organization that puts an emphasis on creative thinking and challenging the status quo, all while maintaining work-life balance, this is the place.
Success in the role: what are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
Identify and execute automation initiatives to increase efficiency and eliminate manual processes.
Within 30 days of employment, you will work closely with information security engineering and vgs compliance to establish an in-depth understanding of vgs’s current vulnerability management processes
Within 90 days of employment, you will develop and begin executing upon a strategy in collaboration with information security engineering and vgs compliance to automate manual processes in the vulnerability management lifecycle, such as inventory aggregation and plan of action and milestone (poa&m) reconciliation.
Within 180 days, you will be in a position to evaluate the vgs public sector assessment architecture and begin identifying a roadmap for introducing automation techniques to remove the manual collection of a subset of assessment artifacts needed to meet public sector compliance standardsThe prioritization of the roadmap will be based on the return on investment (roi) in terms of time saved through the introduction of automation.
Within 360 days, you will be executing upon the automation roadmap established and will be continuing to refine that roadmap based on additional analysis and operational overhead of manual activitiesYou will be a self-starter and lead into finding the best solution for each use case.
The work: what type of work will you be doing? what assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
Your regular activities may be modified to suit your professional strengths, but you can expect to collaborate with a multitude of teams across vgs to achieve the following:
Analyze manual repeatable processes and common technical implementations across vmware service offerings to identify opportunities for automation in support of compliance activities.
Interface with engineering and compliance teams to identify acceptable solutions to eliminate manual activities through the use of scripting and/or infrastructure-as-code (iac)
Develop and track against a defined automation roadmap.
Assist with annual budgetary costings to support future automation initiatives.
What is the leadership like for this role? what is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager for this role is joe witles, director of authorization management for vmware government services (vgs)His charter is to accelerate public sector compliance for vmware’s product portfolio, with an emphasis on fedramp and dod cc srgHe believes that good ideas are not based on title and encourages every member of the team to speak their mind, a diverse set of opinions and ideas are what drive innovationIn addition, productivity and performance should not be judged by the number of hours that you put in, but by the quality of the work product that you produce.
The team is geographically disbursed across the continental united statesMost of the team works from virginia while other team members work from florida, texas, colorado, and california.
Where is this role located?
This role is fully remote and can be done anywhere in the united statesThis position will perform work that the u.sGovernment has specified can only be performed by a u.sCitizen on u.sSoil, and therefore any offer will be contingent upon verification of both of these requirements.
What are the benefits and perks of working at vmware?
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits packageBelow are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.
Employee stock purchase plan
Medical coverage, retirement, and parental leave plans for all family types
Generous time off programs
40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
Rethink`s neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)
Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes
Category : engineering and technology
Subcategory: software engineering
Experience: business leadership
Full time/ part time: full time
Posted date: 2021-09-05
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