Overview

Join to apply for the Senior Security Engineer role at Zendesk. Threat Prevention Engineering, a core pillar of the Cyber Defence Fusion Center at Zendesk, is a globally distributed team of passionate, motivated, and innovative security engineers. We understand how to build comprehensive and scalable security solutions and enjoy leveraging creative and innovative approaches to deliver the most effective and efficient security solutions. If you are passionate about designing and developing creative solutions from the ground up that solve real-world security problems, then this role could be a great next step in your career!

What You Get To Do Every Day

• Design, build, and implement advanced, cloud-based threat prevention infrastructure tailored to our SaaS environment, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and resilience.
• Develop solutions that enable proactive defense of the Zendesk business using Go, Python, Java, and other coding languages.
• Integrate various security tools and technologies to create a cohesive and effective threat prevention ecosystem.
• Review projects to identify risks and suggest ways to manage those risks.
• Analyze intricate problem statements and diverse use cases to develop and implement robust Cyber Security solutions that address organizational needs.
• Influence our partners to drive security control improvements throughout the business.
• Collaborate with DevOps, software engineering, IT, and compliance teams to integrate security best practices and advance cybersecurity capabilities.
• Evaluate and enhance existing security measures, staying abreast of the latest cybersecurity trends and technologies.

What You Bring To The Role

• A team-first, collaborative approach.
• The ability to influence other teams without direct authority.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and self-motivation to learn and upskill regularly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to work in a global, asynchronous manner.
• At least 5 years of experience in Security, with at least 3 years of cloud infrastructure development, software engineering, and SaaS security experience.
• Experience leveraging data lake solutions, such as Snowflake, for cyber security use cases.
• Wide-ranging experience with enterprise security tools and technologies.
• Programming experience involving real-world development.
• Strong understanding of AWS products and services, their risks, and how to address those risks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to innovate and create custom solutions.

Nice To Have

• AWS certifications or other cloud-based certifications.
• Security certifications such as SABSA, CISSP, GSEC, GWEB, GPEN, OSCP, CEH, CCSP, etc.
• Involvement in local or regional security user groups or conferences.
• Experience with ML models, LLM prompt engineering, and leveraging modern AI solutions to help solve security problems.

The Poland annualized base salary range for this position is zł235,000.00-zł353,000.00. Please note that while the salary range represents the minimum and maximum base salary rate for this position, the actual compensation offered will be based on job-related capabilities, applicable experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives that will be communicated during the offer stage.

Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration, while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.

The Intelligent Heart Of Customer Experience

Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.

Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer. We’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. This employer does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law, please click here. Zendesk endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application or participate in the selection process, please email peopleandplaces@zendesk.com with your accommodation request.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Software Development

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