Storage Support Administrator

Title : Security Engineer Location : Brooklyn Park, MN | Hybrid Job Type : Contract (12 months) Compensation : $26.00-$75.00 per hour (W2) Industry: Retail About the Role Our client-one of the nation's largest and most innovative retail and digital commerce enterprises-is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to help advance their large-scale detection and security automation platform. This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering, cryptography, and data systems, supporting security operations that protect millions of daily users. As a consultant on this engagement, you will expand a highly performant Go-based platform, ensuring secure secrets workflows, resilient orchestration, and reliable high-throughput pipelines across a modern, cloud-native environment. Job Description In this role, you will support a major enterprise retail and digital commerce organization by developing and scaling a next-generation security detection platform. You will work hands-on with Go-based backend services, modern cryptographic tooling, distributed data pipelines, and high-volume orchestration systems. This position is ideal for engineers who thrive in fast-moving environments, enjoy tackling complex security challenges, and want to build systems that protect millions of daily users. Key Responsibilities Platform Engineering Develop, maintain, and enhance a high-performance security detection platform that includes YARA/YARA-X processors, event producers, APIs, and asynchronous workflows. Build scalable Go services optimized for low-latency and high-throughput environments. Secrets Management & Cryptography Design and maintain Vault-backed secrets workflows and KMS-based encryption proxies. Review and strengthen key-usage patterns while ensuring secure remediation and rotation lifecycles. Data & Storage Build, optimize, and maintain Postgres schemas, migrations, indexes, and performance configurations. Implement search capabilities using Solr/Lucene as needed. Reliability, Observability & Scale Diagnose and optimize high-volume data pipelines using Kafka and Benthos. Ensure system reliability through idempotent processing, backpressure management, and detailed instrumentation using OpenTelemetry. Engineering Quality & Tooling Improve test strategy including unit, integration, and golden tests. Enhance CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows using tools such as Docker, Docker Compose, and golangci-lint. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent combined education and experience. Language Proficiency: 4+ years building production-grade Go services, modules, and tests. Security & Cryptography: 2+ years operating Vault integrations and KMS-style encryption workflows; strong knowledge of secure key lifecycles. Detection Technologies: Hands-on experience with YARA/YARA-X or similar pattern-matching engines. Databases: 3+ years with Postgres, including migrations, indexing, and tuning. Streaming Systems: Experience with Kafka or equivalent systems; familiarity with Benthos or similar stream-processing tools. Infrastructure & Tooling: Skilled with Docker/Docker Compose, Dockerfile optimization, and Makefile-driven developer workflows. Observability: Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and instrumentation best practices. Core Competencies: Strong problem-solving abilities and autonomy in navigating complex technical challenges. Clear communication within Agile teams and strong alignment to team priorities. Demonstrated ability to deliver scalable, secure, high-performance systems. Commitment to continuous learning through both formal and self-directed education. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration engines. Exposure to Solr/Lucene performance tuning. Familiarity with LDAP or OIDC integrations. Deep understanding of algorithmic performance trade-offs in pattern-matching systems (e.g., Aho Corasick). Benefits OpenKyber is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family's needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/ . How to Apply Take the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once we've reviewed your application details, OpenKyber will reach out to you with next steps! Equal Opportunity Statement As an equal opportunity employer, OpenKyber welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you! For applications and inquiries, contact: hirings@openkyber.com