Confluent - Staff Security Engineer Professional Multiple Cities

IBM; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IBM is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer to join our Confluent ecosystem. You will lead the design and evolution of application security across on-prem and cloud offerings, embedding security throughout the product lifecycle and influencing architectural directions to mitigate evolving risks.

You will partner with Engineering and Product leadership to ensure secure-by-design outcomes, driving a strong security posture across distributed systems and cloud services.

Formación

• Lead the design and evolution of application security architecture across products and services.
• Embed security throughout the product lifecycle—from design decisions to cloud deployment and operations.
• Influence architectural direction and mitigate systemic and emerging security risks.

Responsabilidades

• Shape and advance the application security strategy across on-prem and cloud platforms.
• Define the long-term security posture of the ecosystem with security architects and engineers.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product leadership to embed security into every stage of development.

Conocimientos

Application security

Security architecture

Cloud security

Descripción del empleo

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. We put information in motion, streaming in near real time so organizations can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

Your role and responsibilities

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

As a Staff Application Security Engineer at Confluent, you will join a team of security architects and engineers responsible for shaping and advancing the application security strategy across our on‑premises products and cloud services. In this role, you will go beyond implementation to define the long‑term security posture of our ecosystem, spanning high‑scale distributed systems, on‑prem deployments, and globally operated cloud platforms.

You will lead the design and evolution of application security architecture, ensuring security is embedded throughout the product lifecycle—from early design decisions to cloud deployment and ongoing operations. Acting as a strategic partner to Engineering and Product leadership, you will influence architectural direction and proactively mitigate systemic and emerging security risks.

This role plays a key part in building and sustaining a