Zeek Community Liaison

Do you want to help make the world safe from cyber attack? 

Corelight is a cybersecurity company that transforms network and cloud activity into evidence. Elite defenders use this evidence to hunt for threats, accelerate response to cyber incidents, and create powerful analytics using machine learning and behavioral analysis tools. Our technology defends some of the worlds largest, most mission-critical organizations. To do so we build heavily on open-source technology, particularly Zeek, a mature network security monitoring application used by thousands of cybersecurity experts around the globe. Our founding team includes the inventor of Zeek, all of Zeek's core developers are Corelight employees, and Corelight is the custodian of the Zeek project. See this short video for an introduction.

Job Overview

Taking a broad view, you will design and implement initiatives that foster engagement with the Zeek community around the world and ensure the project's continued success. The Zeek project rests upon a mature governance framework headed by its independent Leadership Team. As Zeek's Community Liaison, you will work closely with the Leadership Team to represent the project to its users, and bring new users to Zeek. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement community engagement to support and grow Zeek's multidisciplinary user base, including cybersecurity analysts, network operators, and detection engineers.
• Plan, manage, moderate, and post to the project's community sites, including social media accounts, the Zeek blog, as well as the project's website.
• Develop, collect, analyze, and report on the state of the community, including results from periodic polls and user surveys.
• Plan and manage community events, such as webinars, in-person gatherings, and periodic training events and conferences. Travel, particularly but not exclusively across North America and Europe, is required to support community events.
• Design and procure promotional materials for the community, as give-aways, prizes, or event swag.
• Represent Corelight and the Zeek community to related open-source projects such as Suricata, Yara, and Wireshark, as well as at relevant open-source/community events. 
• Collaborate with the Zeek project's Leadership Team as well as relevant Corelight stakeholders.

Requirements

• Considerable experience participating in and building communities, preferably of an open-source or technical nature. We are particularly interested in candidates who are action-oriented and understand open-source values and initiatives.
• Experience using and managing social media accounts.
• Experience using and managing web platforms such as Discourse, WordPress, and Slack.
• Experience planning and managing events, such as user group meetings, workshops, and conferences.
• Being comfortable working with a globally distributed team. Corelight team members, Zeek developers, and open source software users are scattered across the planet!
• Facilitating complex and sensitive community management situations with humility, judgment, tact, and humor.
• Working independently and autonomously, managing multiple priorities and competing interests.
• Technical writing skills, to include editing content of sites like www.zeek.org and docs.zeek.org are a plus.

A note on experience

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. Experience comes in different forms. Many skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. This role in particular can grow into many directions, including technical ones that are hands-on with Zeek.

Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of dedication, impact, and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment. We want you to learn new things in this role, and we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we're looking for. We also know that diversity of background and thought makes for better problem-solving and creative thinking, which is why we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to our team.

Fueled by investments from top-tier venture capital organizations such as Crowdstrike, Accel and Insight, Corelight is the fastest growing network detection and response platform in the industry.  Our customers trust us to protect mission-critical assets in leading enterprises, government, and research institutions worldwide.   We are leading the way with AI-assisted workflows, machine learning models, cloud security and SaaS-based solutions to arm defenders with the tools and knowledge they need to disrupt cyber attacks.    Our team of passionate innovators are dedicated to solving some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture. Corelight is committed to a geographically distributed yet connected employee base with employees working from home and office locations around the world.   At Corelight, we are proud of our diversity of background and thought, and we’re united by our strong shared culture and values.

We are looking forward to meeting you.  Check us out at www.corelight.com