Senior Security Engineer

About the role

The Senior Security Engineer will help strengthen the security of products, infrastructure, and engineering practices. This hands-on role involves identifying vulnerabilities, building security tooling, and embedding security into the design, build, and deployment processes while working closely with R&D teams.

Responsibilities

• Help build and evolve the Product & Infrastructure Security function, practices, and tooling.
• Define, codify, and implement security best practices across the engineering organization.
• Review architecture, documentation, source code, and deployments to identify security vulnerabilities and design weaknesses.
• Use, develop, and automate tools to identify and analyze security vulnerabilities.
• Partner with engineering teams to investigate security issues and drive effective remediation.
• Participate in peer code reviews to improve the security and quality of products.
• Communicate with customers, researchers, vendors, and other third parties regarding security issues.
• Help build a strong security culture through collaboration, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Required skills

• Python
• Application security
• Infrastructure security
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP

Nice to have

• Penetration testing
• Vulnerability research
• Offensive security
• Rust
• C/C++
• Go
• PCI DSS
• ISO 27001
• SOC 2
• GDPR

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Equivalent practical experience
• Current residence in the EU with valid authorization to work in the EU

Certifications

• OSCP
• GSEC
• GIAC
• SSCP
• CEH

Benefits

• Stock options
• 25 Paid Vacation Days
• Paid volunteer time off
• 8% holiday allowance
• Pension plan with matching contributions
• Office beverages and snacks
• Lunch allowance
• Quarterly social events
• Monthly internet allowance
• Commuting Reimbursement

About the Company

Fortanix leads the way in data-centric cybersecurity for hybrid multicloud environments, using advanced cryptography, encryption, and confidential AI solutions. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, the company focuses on data exposure management to help businesses protect their most sensitive data.