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Senior Product Security Engineer - DigitalOcean
Security Engineer
Lead product security initiatives, designing and implementing robust defenses across cloud services using Python, AWS, and Kubernetes. Drive threat modeling, secure coding practices, and vulnerability management to protect our scalable cloud platform.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and enforce security controls across cloud-native services, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and secure design reviews for new product features.
- Lead vulnerability discovery, triage, and remediation efforts using automated scanning and manual testing.
- Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.
- Respond to security incidents, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in product security or related roles.
- Proficiency in Python, AWS services, and Kubernetes security best practices.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD security tooling and infrastructure-as-code.
- Strong understanding of threat modeling, secure coding, and vulnerability management.
- Excellent communication skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset.
Skills
pythonawskubernetescicd