Senior Information Security Engineer, Product Security Engineering
Kirkland, WA, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$174k-$252kDetected 49 min ago
C++GCPData AnalysisCybersecurityNetwork SecurityResearch
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About the role
- About the job There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems.
- As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information.
Responsibilities
- Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
- Perform security reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers. Look for vulnerabilities with techniques including reverse engineering, fuzzing, and static analysis.
- Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
- Review designs and drive towards defense in depth and security by default, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
- 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
- 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
- 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.
- Coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
Nice to have
- Experience identifying and mitigating network security risks using threat modeling and other risk identification techniques.
- Experience in applications security, cryptography, network security or systems security.
- Experience with C++ dynamic analysis and static code analysis.
- Expertise in in security assessments, vulnerability management and security research.
- There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems.
- Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions.
- You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.
- In this role, you will help set the focus, direction and impact of this organization with regards to product security.
Compensation
- US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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