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Career Opportunities

Rapid7 is a leader in Unified Vulnerability Management and it is looking to hire top professionals to work with us. Our headquarters, located in prime office space on Boylston Street in Boston, houses our data center, executives and sales offices. We also have additional development and sales offices in California and the UK. Our UK office provides technical support, product development and sales to our European customers.

We are growing and hiring employees of a high caliber who want to work on the cutting edge of technological and security analysis. We have the following job openings:

 

Entry Level Sales

We are seeking energetic, hard working candidates to join our Inside Sales organization. You will learn how to target, cold call and identify sales opportunities for our leading Unified Vulnerability Management solution, NeXpose. The ideal candidate is goal-oriented, a team player, and has a strong desire to learn and grow as a sales professional.

Why Rapid7?

  • Rapid7 continues phenomenal growth quarter over quarter
  • Rapid7 provides on-going sales and management development training as well as career advancement opportunities
  • Rapid7 account managers can double their income in the first year

Phenomenal Growth

Rapid7 consistently reaches 100% revenue growth. This is a result of signing new big name customers and an OEM agreement with a major security provider. In addition to the phenomenal growth, Rapid7 formed new partnerships and strengthened several departments with new employees and seasoned executives.

Career Development and Advancement

Rapid7’s dynamic environment offers you the opportunity for on-the-job training. Our Sales Managers work with you directly to develop your sales skills in lead generation, business contact development, networking, contract negotiations and information technology. Rapid7’s team environment offers extraordinary energy, motivation, training, and support which will ultimately help you in your career.

Rapid7 owners developed this successful and proven sales training methodology. This sales program has been used for over 20 years training thousands of salespeople on how to be successful. As you become a successful salesperson, you will learn how to train and mentor someone else and you will achieve a team leadership position. All of this is provides hands-on experience in the real world.

Increased Income Opportunity

Rapid7 account managers have incomes higher than other sales positions. Also, our account managers have remained at Rapid7 for decades.Rapid7 hires recent college graduates as well as skilled account representatives with information technology experience. Whether you are fresh out of school or an account manager already, we understand how to help people become a forthright individual who’s able to maintain a commanding presence in any environment.

What we are looking for

  • College graduates with high energy, a strong commitment and a willingness to learn
  • Candidates who are looking for a career in sales and/or information technology
  • Candidates who want to make a lot of money

To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

Technical Support

Are you interested in technology and looking for a company to provide technical training working with network security software?

Rapid7 offers a great place to work with a supportive environment and plenty of training. We promote only from within, so before long, successful team members quickly move up the corporate ladder.

Rapid7, the leading provider of Unified Vulnerability Management seeks a Software Support Engineer with a dynamic, outgoing personality, a positive outlook, and the ability to work well in a team dynamic and hit the ground running.

Technical Experience

  • Windows Server 2000/2003
  • Basic Linux administration and installation
  • Knowledge with remote server management via ssl
  • Working knowledge of Windows Server management technologies
  • Working knowledge of RDBM (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
  • TCP/IP and a basic understanding of networking concepts
  • Working knowledge of Java and web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and XML

Responsibilities

  • Become a product expert with our proprietary software solution
  • Provide customers with technical support
  • Ensure to client satisfaction by forging relationships with clients
  • Consistently document problems and resolutions
  • Triage incoming customer problems
  • Act as the primary liaison between development and the customers
  • Regularly research and report on open client issues
  • Communicate findings to end users to facilitate problem resolution
  • Identify and create content for inclusion in the online Knowledge Base
  • Ability to critically analyze and troubleshoot software and network issues
  • Write technical documentation
  • Test software fixes for new releases
  • Maintain satisfactory case metrics
  • Escalate known bugs to development
  • Seek opportunities to improve department procedures
  • Conduct periodic technical training in house

Requirements

  • Self motivated, eager to learn, attentive to detail
  • Superior communication and organizational skills
  • Detail-oriented
  • Proven Customer Service skills
  • Ability to learn new skills on the job
  • Ability to conduct in-depth investigation and troubleshooting
  • Exceptional time management and prioritization abilities
  • Ability to work well both independently and as a member of a team

Bachelor Degree in or related work experience equivalent preferred

If you are interested in working in a team-oriented, high-energy environment where full training, support and growth is provided, this is the opportunity for you! To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

QA/Software Tester

Rapid7 is making waves in the security industry and developing Unified Vulnerability Management Software called NeXpose. NeXpose is an expert system that Fortune 500 and reputable institutions (i.e. Carnegie Mellon, Dillard’s, Revlon, Coach) use to scan web applications, databases, operating systems and all layers of the network.

We are looking for a QA Tester to join a team in testing the functionalities of NeXpose.

Requirements

  • 1+ year of testing experience
  • Experience in Blackbox testing
  • Ability to write test cases

Plusses

  • Web testing
  • Shell scripting
  • Perl or Python Knowledge
  • Experience writing simple SQL statements

Apply now if you meet these requirements and are motivated to work with cutting edge technology. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision, 401(K), paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

Junior - Mid-Level Java Developer

Rapid7 is making waves in the security industry and developing Unified Vulnerability Management Software called NeXpose. NeXpose is an expert system that Fortune 500 and reputable institutions (i.e. Carnegie Mellon, Dillard’s, Revlon, Coach) use to scan web applications, databases, operating systems and all layers of the network.

We are looking for Junior to Mid Level Java Developers looking to design and implement software solutions for web applications of NeXpose. The exciting aspect is the focus on creating new code and working on the future builds and versions of NeXpose.

Requirements

  • 2- 5 Years Experience programming Java
  • Experience in Object Oriented Programming
  • Knowledge of Servlets and Middle Algorithms
  • Familiarity with JDBC and Databases (i.e. Postgres SQL, Oracle)

Plusses

  • Comprehensive understanding of general scripting languages (i.e. Perl, Javascript)
  • Web technologies such as AJAX, HTML/XML and CSS

Apply now if you meet these requirements and are motivated to work with cutting edge technology. Benefits include medical, dental, 401(K), paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. This is a great opportunity to work in the most technologically advanced and highly acclaimed network security company. To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

Network Vulnerability Developer

Rapid7 is making waves in the security industry and developing Unified Vulnerability Management Software called NeXpose. NeXpose is an expert system that Fortune 500 and reputable institutions (i.e. Carnegie Mellon, Dillard’s, Revlon, Coach) use to scan web applications, databases, operating systems and all layers of the network.

We are looking for a Jr. and Sr. Network Vulnerability Researchers to join Rapid7’s expanding Product Development team and create network-based checks to detect vulnerabilities in Operating Systems, network services, network applications, web-applications and databases. You will also participate in developing new ideas on exploiting remote systems and recognizing new ways to identify vulnerabilities in custom applications.

Requirements

  • 2 – 5 years Experience
  • Adept understanding of networking protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, FTP)
  • Background in a Unix/Windows environment.
  • Expert knowledge of analysis tools (TCPDump, NMAP, Metasploit, IDA, Wireshark)
  • Strong Scripting skills needed
  • Understand and perform low level system and network programming

Plus

  • Familiarity with JESS or other AI Systems

Apply now if you meet these requirements and are motivated to work with cutting edge technology. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision, 401(K), paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

Network Security Consultant

Rapid7, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Boston, is an Information Security leader, providing a comprehensive suite of products and services for Unified Vulnerability Management and Risk Assessment. Rapid7’s Professional Services Organization performs security audits and penetration testing for our clients and is looking to hire a security consultant(s) to expand our rapidly growing practice.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 2+ years experience in IT, security, risk management or professional services
  • Strong written and verbal skills
  • Understanding of security principles, policies and industry best practices
  • Knowledge of ISO 17799, PCI, GLBA and HIPAA
  • Experience with using, customizing and developing open source security tools
  • Experience in multiple programming languages and shell scripting
  • Experience in systems administration of Windows, Linux and BSD
  • Strong understanding of cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities and attacks
  • Understanding of wireless LAN protocols and various WLAN vulnerabilities and attacks
  • Conceptual understanding of social engineering techniques such as phone pre-texting or e-mail phishing

Key Areas of Responsibility

  • Performing engagement tasks according to scope of work by:
    • Participating in the requirements gathering process
    • Developing and implementing security solutions and work plans aligned with customer business objectives
    • Conducting security assessments, audits and penetration tests using Rapid7 Methodology
  • Growing to support all security practice offerings in pre- and post-sales role
  • Meeting professional practice standards and demonstrating competence in core service areas
  • Developing and maintaining positive relationships with clients
  • Executing delivery work that exceeds expectations based on strong understanding of the client’s business and needs
  • Participating in industry conferences and professional organizations
  • Creating additional value for clients through continual insights and consultative advice based on experience with the client, their industry, established standards and leading practices

Perks

  • If not already attained, opportunity to achieve CISSP, GIAC and/or CISA certifications
  • Learning new and different approaches with an experienced, high-level Security team

A willingness to commit to up to 50% travel is required. In addition, due to the sensitive nature of the work involved, all consultants must be able to pass a background check.

Apply now if you meet these requirements and are motivated to work with cutting edge technology. Benefits include medical, dental, paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.

 

Network Administrator

Rapid7 LLC, a leading provider of Unified Vulnerability Software and Services, is growing fast and offering opportunities at all levels. We just completed our fourth consecutive year of doubled revenue and recently expanded both our Boston and Los Angeles offices. This position is based out of our corporate headquarters in Boston, located in the heart of Copley Square.

We are looking for a Network Administrator who will develop systems and applications to run our customer-facing production environment. This is a unique job opportunity that will expose you to a variety of cutting-edge network technologies and will provide you with experience to accelerate your career. You will leverage a broad set of tools including NeXpose, our award-winning Unified Vulnerability Management product and engage in security-related research in order to stay on top of the latest network security threats and vulnerabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in IT or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Proficiency in shell scripting for UNIX/Linux
  • Working knowledge of firewalls, intrusion detection systems and/or infrastructure monitoring systems in multi-user environments

Plusses

  • Experience with Blade Server Technology
  • Knowledge of server virtualization products such as VMware

Responsibilities

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain production systems
  • Monitor network infrastructure
  • Collaborate with our product development and support teams to respond to customer issues

If you are interested in working on challenging and exciting projects in a talented, team-oriented, high-energy environment where training, support and growth is provided, this is an excellent career opportunity for you! To apply for this position or for more information, please send your resume and a cover letter to careers at Rapid7.