Software Security Developer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission -critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department Overview

Our IT organization isn’t just here to support our business. We’re here to reinvent it – by changing the way our customers, partners and employees interact with our company. To do that, we’re looking for people who bring great ideas and who make our partners’ ideas better. Intellectually curious advisors (not order takers) who focus on outcomes to creatively solve business problems. People who not only embrace change, but who accelerate it.

Job Description

As a dynamic technology enterprise that operates on a global scale, Motorola Solutions and its products present an attractive target for malicious actors. This role allows you to use your cybersecurity and software engineering skills to protect the people who protect us. Our customers are first responders. Fire, police, paramedics, 911 call takers, and 911 dispatchers. And when we or our loved ones place that 911 call, we become the customer of our customers. We want that call to be answered and the communications between the dispatcher and the first responder to be available. If you are passionate about securing mission-critical products and services and thrive in a global, collaborative, cross-functional team, we have an exciting opportunity for you that implements secure software development practices, vulnerability management, and other cutting-edge cybersecurity projects.

In an ever-evolving threat landscape, the Product Security team is at the forefront of defending against cyber threats, helping the business ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our products.  As a Vulnerability Management Software Developer, you will design, develop, and implement the tooling to integrate data from multiple sources to augment our vulnerability management platform.  This provides product development teams with actionable insights to further safeguard data and systems from potential threats.

MSI provides a work environment that encompasses workplace flexibility, continued professional growth through paid training and certifications, conferences and seminars, and education assistance. Our culture encourages the honing of current skills and the building of new capabilities. We prize flexibility, continuous improvement, and collaboration, both within the team and with industry peers.

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations

• Strong team player with the ability to work with a geographically dispersed team

• Experience bringing order to the chaos of ingesting data from a wide variety of sources

• Implement, document, and maintain software solutions which may pull data from different REST APIs, perform calculations or data extraction, and store values to databases

• Design and implement web applications with a great User Experience

• Develop and manage ongoing process improvements focusing on automation, accuracy, and timeliness of information

• Work with multiple data sources including vulnerability and other enterprise data for contextual enrichment to drive actionable outcomes

• Identify, root cause, and remediate data quality issues

• Familiarity with parsing, extracting, and reshaping data, primarily in JSON format

Desired Background/Knowledge/Skills

• Strong background in software development and modern programming languages (Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Kotlin, Swift)

• Extensive experience in working with API technologies

• Basic knowledge of widely-used application development technologies (eg: ReactJS, FastAPI)

• Knowledge of common application vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top 10), attack techniques and remediation tactics/strategies

• Working knowledge of CI/CD workflows/pipelines and DevOps practices

• Basic knowledge of cloud services deployment, containers, etc.

• Skill in delivering and speaking to technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences

• Knowledge of cybersecurity and secure coding principles and best practices

• Skill in using code analysis tools like SAST, DAST, SCA tools

• Ability to research and learn new topics and become functional with them quickly

• Aversion to repeated manual processes and a strong desire to automate them

• Attention to detail for data organization and consistency

• Interest in modeling data and relationships (semantic/property graphs)

• Curiosity for new and emerging technologies and how we can use them

• Knowledge of container-based workflows and deploying applications to Kubernetes

• Advanced skills in building processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata dependency and workload management

• Familiarity with building REST or GraphQL APIs and data objects

• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Elasticsearch Query Language, and Kibana a plus

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

• 3-5 years in software development

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email ohr@motorolasolutions.com.