This role will be hybrid in LinkedIn’s Sunnyvale campus.

LinkedIn's members entrust us with their information every day and we take their security seriously. Our core value of putting our members first powers all the decisions we make, including how we manage and protect the data of our members and customers. We never stop working to ensure LinkedIn is secure. We follow industry standards and have developed our own best practices to stay ahead of the increasing number of threats facing all Internet services and infrastructure. LinkedIn is looking for a Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer to be an integral part of our Information Security organization.

LinkedIn's Platform Security team provides security architecture and design services throughout the organization as we scale our platform to support 1 billion+ members across the globe. Our vision is to appropriately secure all infrastructure and data systems that power the LinkedIn experience and the tooling that empowers engineers. In this role, you will help LinkedIn continue its journey of innovation, and keep us at the forefront of the world as an organization worthy of the trust people place in us.

We are a multi-functional team, composed of self-driven individuals that take the hypothetical and wrap it in real-world tradeoffs in why, what, and how. We secure production workflows, harden existing design patterns, and are a voice for security on cutting edge engineering initiatives.

As a Security Partner, you will own and be responsible for the security risk posture of a partner engineering organization, while striving to shift the security engagement to the left.

You will build and maintain deep relationships with the partner organization, and contribute to building a frictionless engagement model with the Security Organization.

Responsibilities:

• You will partner with architects, engineers and software engineers across the organization; build threat models, design secure systems, perform security design assessments, paint the overall risk picture, and help find solutions for the risks and vulnerabilities you identify.
• You will build necessary proof of concepts to ensure viability of security recommendations in the Li tech stack.
• You will articulate and communicate risk decisions effectively and drive security initiatives within the partner organization.
• You will influence technical architecture based on risk decisions derived from security assessments.
• You will identify and coach Security "Champions" within your partner organization.
• You will mentor team members to uplevel technical and interpersonal skills

Qualifications Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in information security principles; such as threat modeling, security architecture, secure system design, system and network security, big data security, authentication and security protocols, or cryptography
• 4+ years experience and in-depth knowledge of container security, data security, network security, CI/CD security, or control plane security.
• 3+ years experience with security in cloud environments and Linux deployments
• 3+ of experience in scripting languages such as Python

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field
• 8+ years of experience in threat modeling, security architecture, secure system design, system and network security, big data security, authentication and security protocols, and cryptography
• 8+ years of experience in container security, data security, network security, CI/CD security, and control plane security.
• Experience working in organizations securing massively scaled networks and systems
• Ability to work across teams and communicate concisely and clearly to partners
• You thrive in taking initiative and helping set direction when needed and adapt well to an ever evolving environment

Suggested Skills

• Infrastructure Security
• Container Security
• Cloud Security
• Technical Leadership

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $152,000 to $248,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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