Product Security Engineer

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  • Location:
    Prague, Stredocesky, Czech Republic
  • Alternate Location
    Poland, Slovakia
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Security
  • Job Id
    1436308

What You'll Do

You identify security related concerns during all phases the application development process. You design, document, and implement challenging security solutions. You conduct vulnerability assessments including scans and exploratory testing. You determine appropriate remediation and track to completion. You support and extend existing design and architecture patterns. You build-in quality focusing on multiple testing vectors including unit tests, automated functional, builds, deployments and automated integration testing. You mentor other engineers through design reviews and code reviews. Be willing to receive the same. You care about keeping the code maintainable, preserving its integrity. 


Who You'll Work With

You will work on strong cross functional teams that own their outcomes. We believe in building strong teams and look for people that feel the same. You and your teammates believe in healthy discussions around ideas and how to deliver secure, quality solutions to our customers. You will be part of a small team that engages in unfiltered conflict around ideas. You will be part of an established organization that thrives in the security industry. You will follow our solutions with your team to our customers and will work with the people and departments on the way to ensure success. You and your team will hold one another accountable for delivery. We are not satisfied until the customer's problem is solved. The team will focus on achievement of collective results. The team is willing to experiment and adapt. Where forks in the road are approached, they will use data to drive their decisions. 


Who you are

A disciplined, practitioner of sound software engineering practices. You are a curious problem solver who tenaciously researches possible solutions to complex issues. Strong technical and analytical skills. You have working know ledge of networking theory (TCP/IP). Technologies like Docker, microservices, distributed systems and TDD are part of your skillset or have a strong desire to learn them. You are an active learner. You collaborate with other engineers and people in the organization to improve our solution delivery. You believe in Lean/Agile principles and actively work to incorporate them in the organization. 


Minimum Qualifications:

  • Experience with Application/Product Security or other strong Information Security / Information Technology experience that includes threat modeling, risk assessment, and/or security testing
  • Strong Linux/UNIX skills
  • proven programming skills (e.g. Python) or aptitude
  • Familiarity with or readiness to learn container technologies such as Docker
  • Personal traits: Self-motivated, able to independently progress tasks, collaborative, quick and motivated learner, seeks/supports continual improvement

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience mentoring other team members and/or experience running/supporting a security advocacy program
  • Experience with a range of security tools and testing methodologies, including a non-trivial understanding of their use cases and function
  • Experience in a software development team and/or agile environment
  • Experience with a range of other programming and scripting languages, ideally some of Java and other JVM languages, Bash
  • Experience or interest in compliance frameworks (preferably FIPS, Common Criteria, USGv6, DoDIN-APL/UC-APL)
  • Experience in secure application programming and design
  • Experience with application security methodologies such as OWASP
  • Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols and tools

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