Senior Security Engineer - Application Security (Remote - USA)

Confluent - Springfield, IL

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Springfield, IL

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Application Security at Confluent, you will play a crucial role in defining and executing the security strategy for both on-premises and cloud services. Your primary focus will be to embed security throughout the product lifecycle, from design and development to testing and deployment. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to mitigate existing and emerging threats while fostering a culture of security awareness across the organization. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing software automation to enhance security operations and manage vulnerabilities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive and influence software security across the organization by partnering with key stakeholders throughout Confluent
• Keep up to date with emerging security vulnerability classes and perform triage for relevance through tabletop exercises
• Perform security threat modeling and design reviews to provide early secure design guidance to engineers and product managers
• Conduct product security feature implementation reviews, penetration testing, API security testing, and code reviews to identify vulnerabilities
• Enhance security automation by leveraging or building software security tooling to scale product security operations
• Propose, design, build, and deploy security solutions, frameworks, automation, and orchestration for cloud applications
• Identify opportunities for implementing additional technology controls to enhance visibility and defend against key attack points

Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant application security industry experience
• Strong knowledge of security fundamentals, particularly in Web Application Security and Cloud Security
• Experience with common software development stacks and CI/CD systems
• Proficiency in reading and writing code for software automation and security test cases (preferably in GoLang, Python, Java)
• Experience working with distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to own outcomes, influence stakeholders, and provide effective leadership in security matters
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to operate autonomously
• Capability to manage multiple initiatives while collaborating with various stakeholders and adjusting priorities as needed

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Equity package
• Wide range of employee benefits