Astra Security Careers

About us

Astra Security is a Techstars backed cybersecurity company building software as a service (SaaS) solutions to secure businesses. We are amongst the few technology startups that offer a suite of features such as on the cloud Pentest, Firewall, and Malware scanners in a well-packaged suite for small & medium enterprises. With an aim to offer a homogenous experience to its customers, Astra Security incorporates cutting-edge solutions that are easy to comprehend and tailor-made to suit any business requirement. The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2020, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Vodafone, Lynas, Kotak Securities, Unilever, NIIT, TEDx, Muthoot, Ford, Gillette, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ability to optimize web pages using schema markups in search engine
• Deep understanding of technical SEO
• Carry out regular site audits and work with relevant stakeholders for optimizing the site
• Optimize all technical aspects of the website for maximized indexing and keyword relevance
• Manage and optimize landing pages, website calls-to-actions (CTAs), and lead-generating forms
• Detailed keyword research based on buyer and search intent
• Support the development team with website launches and migrations (redirect strategies, content migration)
• Review SEO performance across key metrics and other key indicators such as ranking and visibility
• Maintain detailed monthly reporting to monitor and communicate SEO performance
• Keep pace with SEO, search engine, and internet marketing industry trends and developments and report changes (and subsequent strategy updates) as needed
• Promote and foster analytical & technical skills for all team members
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You’d be a great fit if you have:

• 1+ years of technical SEO experience (in-house or agency)
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with schema markups and rich snippets to improve ranks on search engines
• Experience with tools like SEMRush, Ahrefs, ScreamingFrog, Google’s PageSpeed Insights, Google Search Console & Google Tag Manager
• Extensive experience (and proficiency) with Webmaster tools and Google Analytics
• Familiarity with HTML, JavaScript & G Suite/Excel

As an Astra-naut you will have:

• Growth-oriented and open environment
• Opportunity to deep dive into cyber security industry
• A unique appraisal cycle
• Amazing workations
• 5-day work week

Astra Security is a Techstars backed cybersecurity company building software as a service (SaaS) solutions in cyber security space. We are amongst the few technology startups that offer a suite of features such as on the cloud Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and Malware scanners in a well-packaged suite for small & medium enterprises. With an aim to offer a homogenous experience to its customers,

The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Vodafone, Lynas, Kotak Securities, Unilever, NIIT, TEDx, Muthoot, Ford, Gillette, etc.

Description

We are looking for a self-motivated back-end developer to join our team and help deliver high-quality, scalable and impactful features to secure businesses across the world. Your work will directly stop millions of cyber attacks on thousands of websites and also help businesses uncover critical vulnerabilities in their applications.

You will be working on our security suite - Astra, to build and maintain security software which runs on 1000's of client websites to stop active attacks & conduct pentests of web applications. The job profile involves building scalable applications in FastAPI (Python), Symfony (PHP) and some JavaScript. You’ll be working closely with our CTO and the engineering team.

Job Duties

• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our server-side infrastructure for our web security product, Astra
• You will research, design, code & troubleshoot. What you create is also what you own
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint
• Design and implement APIs in support of front-end services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using the Python/LAMP stack.
• Hands on experience and ready to work on post-production, bug fixes, support. Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Malware teams in writing APIs, modules.

Basic Qualifications

•  A strong analytical and aspiring mind
•  1-4 year development experience in either PHP or Python
•  Experience with frameworks such as Symfony 4/5, Laravel (PHP) or FastAPI (Python)
• Experience in building scalable microservices and APIs
• Demonstrated passion for user experience design and improving usability
• Strong sense of ownership and drive
• Sharp problem solving skills and ability to resolve ambiguous requirements
• Test Driven Development
• Git
• Software Architecture and Patterns

Good to have

•  Understanding of Web Security Concepts
•  Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Redis
•  Experience with AWS or DigitalOcean
•  DevOps (we use GitLab)
•  Used tools such as OWASP ZAP

Educational Qualification

No bar of education, we are looking for the right mindset to align with our company's philosophy of 'Growth for all'. The number of years of experience would not matter if you show promising skills.

We Offer

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a growing company
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise cloud security business
• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains
• Open and supportive culture 
• Fully remote & agile working environment
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About us

Astra Security is a Techstars backed cybersecurity company building software as a service (SaaS) solutions to secure businesses. We are amongst the few technology startups that offer a suite of features such as on the cloud Pentest, Firewall, and Malware scanners in a well-packaged suite for small & medium enterprises. With an aim to offer a homogenous experience to its customers, Astra Security incorporates cutting-edge solutions that are easy to comprehend and tailor-made to suit any business requirement.

The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2020, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Vodafone, Lynas, Kotak Securities, Unilever, NIIT, TEDx, Muthoot, Ford, Gillette, etc.

We at Astra Security are looking for a security engineer with an experience in VAPT of web applications, mobile apps and network devices etc. Apart from core security skills, the soft skills of interacting with CXO’s/developers and preparing executive reports are a must. Having experience with bug bounties will be a great addition.You’ll get to work on Astra's next generation Pentest Suite which is loved by thousands of companies across the globe.

Experience Required:

• Relevant certifications (we’re not a fan of these, but often clients request engineers with certifications)
• 2+ years of experience in VA/PT

Job Responsibilities:

• VA/PT for web apps, SaaS apps, network devices, open-source projects, mobile apps, etc.
• Developing & testing rule sets for our pentest suite
• Preparing pentest reports through Astra’s pentest suite

• Interacting with clients over remediation calls
• Explaining steps to fix to clients
• Maintaining our vulnerability management system

Key Skills Required:

• Web App Security (ZAP, Burp Suite, Manual & Automated Testing, Comfortable in Black Box/WhiteBox testing with capability of finding business logic vulnerabilities, OWASP testing guide)
• Knowledge of how to set up & pentest CMSs like WordPress, Magento, OpenCart, Prestashop, Drupal, etc.
• Knowledge of LAMP stack & PHP would be great to have

We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a growing company
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise cloud security business
• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains
• Amazing colleagues from top companies like Amazon, PwC, Bigbasket, Mobikwik, etc.
  Interactive calls/games :)
• Remote-first company

A support engineer represents Astra in front of all its customers. We're looking for a support engineer for a company that obsesses over quick turn-around-time and human support.

We deal with hacked websites and SOS situations. Often, a new customer talking to you is relying heavily on you to assure that all will be back to normal after a hack they've faced. What you as a support engineer do for them, represents our character and DNA.

 

The key highlights of the role include:

• Being well versed with Astra's infrastructure & products
• Ability to help our customers around security-related and product-related problems (We'll be happy to train)
• Understanding of various vulnerabilities in websites and web servers (We'll be happy to train)
• Experience in website malware and ability to clean hacked websites from malware (manually and using Astra, we'll be happy to train)
• Knowledge of how websites work
  
  Requirements:
• Proficiency/Basic Knowledge in PHP is mandatory
• Comfortable with night shift (6 PM to 3 AM)
• Reliability
• Adaptability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Empathy 
• Availability (you'll be the first point of contact in SOS situations for customers and should be reliable
  
  P.S. This role is 100% remote :)

About us

Astra Security is a Techstars backed cybersecurity company building software as a service (SaaS) solutions to secure businesses. We are amongst the few technology startups that offer a suite of features such as on the cloud Pentest, Firewall, and Malware scanners in a well-packaged suite for small & medium enterprises. With an aim to offer a homogenous experience to its customers, Astra Security incorporates cutting-edge solutions that are easy to comprehend and tailor-made to suit any business requirement.

The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2020, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Vodafone, Lynas, Kotak Securities, Unilever, NIIT, TEDx, Muthoot, Ford, Gillette, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be working with the SEO team (consisting of technical SEO experts & writers) and the content team
• You will maintain ongoing prospecting & database for outreach
• You will craft outreach campaigns to get relevant backlinks and partnership opportunities
• You will perform analysis to extract relevant potential partners using various tools
• You will setup email campaigns on our email outreach tool
• You will build rapport and relationships with partner companies
• You will build up relationships with website publishers and online influencers

You’d be a great fit if you have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to write creative emails
• Experience with A/B testing various forms of outreach campaigns is a plus

• Experience with tools like SEMRush, Ahrefs, ScremingFrog, Snov, Mailchimp, is a plus
• Comfortable with G Suite/Excel
• Prior SEO experience is a plus

As an Astra-naut you will have:

• Growth-oriented and open environment
• Opportunity to deep dive into cyber security industry
• A unique appraisal cycle 
• Amazing workations
• 5-day work week

Astra Security is a Techstars backed cybersecurity company building software as a service (SaaS) solutions to secure businesses. The company is amongst the few technology startups that offer a suite of features such as on the cloud Pentest, Firewall, and Malware scanners in a well-packaged suite for small & medium enterprises. With an aim to offer a homogenous experience to its customers, Astra Security incorporates cutting-edge solutions that are easy to comprehend and tailor-made to suit any business requirement.

The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2018), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2020, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Vodafone, Lynas, Kotak Securities, Unilever, NIIT, TEDx, Muthoot, Ford, Gillette, etc.

We are looking for high-performing Sales Development Representatives for our sales team. Selected candidates will be working directly with our sales lead.

Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience in a sales development role in B2B product companies
• Experience in pitching SaaS products in the US or Europe is a must
• Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls)
• Do rigorous research on companies, and build an effective sales pipeline
• Ability to communicate, present, and influence all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level
• Excellent with written communication
• Great articulation & ability to explain with brevity
• Be the face of Astra and pitch the company and our products to the prospects
• Excellent listening, negotiation & presentation skills
• Understanding of cybersecurity preferred

Responsibilities:

• Contact potential clients through cold calls, cold emails, social messaging to generate demos
• Identify client needs and suggest appropriate products/services
• Build long-term trusting relationships with clients
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
• Owning and hitting/exceeding annual sales development targets
• Report to the Sales Development Leader on (weekly/monthly/quarterly) sales results

We are passionate about what we do and are looking for really smart people to join our team. This will be a remote role & you can work from wherever you wish. We can guarantee a ton of growth & learning if you can guarantee high agency. If you are looking to grow in a fast-growing company and thrive in an atmosphere that encourages creativity, hard work, mistakes, and learning, we'd love to speak with you!