Security Engineer (application Security)

Contentful

Philadelphia, United States
On-site
Cloud-native product infrastructure
Devops principles
Infrastructure-as-code
Lead initiatives and partner with teams to embed practical security safeguards and champion a security-first mindset across the business

Job Summary

  • Lead initiatives and partner with teams to embed practical security safeguards and champion a security-first mindset across the business.
  • Lead security assessments and remediation for cloud-native applications, infrastructure, and vendor integrations to proactively identify and address risk.
  • This hands-on role offers an opportunity to grow your expertise in cloud technologies and security tooling while making a meaningful impact by embedding security practices and supporting secure third-party integrations in a fast-paced software-as-a-service environment.

Matching Summary

Lead initiatives and partner with teams to embed practical security safeguards and champion a security-first mindset across the business.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • cloud-native product infrastructure
  • DevOps principles
  • infrastructure-as-code
  • application development
  • AWS architecture, services, security
  • Python for security tools
  • Kubernetes and container security
  • Terraform for IaC
  • OWASP Top 10 mitigation

Nice-to-have

  • security-first mindset
  • continuous learning
  • growth-oriented mindset
  • proactive risk identification
  • raising security standards

Key Requirements

  • 4+ years of security engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes
  • Exposure to JavaScript and Go
  • Experience using Terraform
  • Strong foundational networking knowledge
  • Ability to embed security in SDLC
  • Vulnerability management and incident response
  • Familiarity with auth protocols
  • Must be located in the eastern time zone

Work Rights

Authorized to work without visa sponsorship

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