Staff Engineer overseeing security across Data Plane products at Kong. Collaborating with engineering teams to implement security best practices.
Responsibilities
Act as a liaison between the Kong Runtime engineering teams and the security org to develop innovative requirements for the security roadmap.
Evangelize security best practices across the Kong Runtime engineering org.
Research, design, implement and own security oriented frameworks and features with the common goal of hardening Kong’s dataplane and protecting Kong’s customers.
Routinely provide security engineering designs and code reviews for sensitive paths.
Break down complex problems into sub-tasks while prototyping rapidly and iteratively contributing to security initiatives using agile practices.
Coach and mentor Kong Runtime engineers on security best practices.
Requirements
8+ years working in and leading teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions, with a focus on security.
Expertise in Golang or Rust.
Expertise in security at all levels of the TCP/IP stack.
Strong understanding of concepts such as Test-Driven development, Secure SDLC, Secure code reviews and the ability to identify and mitigate threat vectors and vulnerabilities in code and infrastructure.
Good understanding and experience in using cloud service providers such as AWS and GCP.
Developing and maintaining technical documentation such as cookbooks, design and architecture docs.
Ability to meticulously analyze complex technical environments, accurately identify risks, and design practical, scalable, and effective security solutions.
Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex security needs and translate them into clear processes and requirements for different engineering teams.
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