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About the Role:
As a Senior Security Engineer, you will serve as the technical security lead for securing the world's most popular API gateway. You will apply deep expertise in high-performance networking and distributed systems to shape the security posture of the Kong Cloud. You'll spend your time architecting the evolution of our security capabilities--specifically focused on leveraging Open Source (OSS) and building state of the art network and application security solutions.
What you'll do:
- Threat Defense Leadership: Architect and implement next-generation WAF, IDS, and IPS capabilities at the gateway level to protect against OWASP Top 10, zero-day exploits, and sophisticated API abuse.
- Multi-Cloud Security:
Design and implement "Zero Trust" security models that operate seamlessly across hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, On-prem).
- Strategic Roadmap: Partner with Product and Architecture leads to define the multi-year security roadmap for Kong Gateway, balancing the needs of the OSS community with Enterprise requirements.
- Incident Resolution: Lead the response to complex, multi-faceted security challenges-from supply chain vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies to high-stakes CVE remediations.
- Mentorship & Influence: Champion a "Security-First" culture by mentoring engineers on secure coding practices and influencing the long-term cybersecurity maturity of the entire organization.
What you'll bring:
- 5+ years' experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, with a focus on high-traffic infrastructure or API management.
- Cloud-Native & Multi-Cloud: Expert-level knowledge of multi-cloud solution design, specifically securing traffi
📌 Senior Security Engineer (Italia)
🏢 Kong
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