Platform Security Engineer — Cloud & SSDLC Expert

Pingidentity; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 172,335; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Healthcare options

Retirement programs

Education reimbursement

Commuter offset

Job summary

Ping Identity is looking for a Platform Security Engineer to own security for our identity platform products. You will contribute to SSDLC, perform security reviews, and collaborate with product, SRE, and engineering teams to secure our cloud-based infrastructure.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in enterprise security, experience with Kubernetes, IaC, and secure coding practices. Strong communication skills and a proactive security mindset are essential for this role in a fast-moving,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Platform Security, API Security and Web Application Security.
• 5+ years of developing commercial or open-source products (experience in Java preferred) or equivalent experience.
• Experience securing services based cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform models.
• Understanding of network protocols and architectures such as TCP/IP, UDP, IPv6, IPSEC, TLS, HTTP/S, routing protocols.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with Linux environments and identity management (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, etc.) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own Platform Security Engineering for assigned Ping Identity products and tools.
• Assist in developing and implementing Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.
• Collaborate with product teams to perform security design/code reviews and vulnerability assessment and management in an agile environment.
• Perform security tasks including threat modeling, developer training, static code analysis, dynamic runtime fuzzing, and exploit development.
• Innovate the automation of SSDLC tasks.
• Collaborate with SRE and Engineering teams to secure platform infrastructure.
• Assist presales, support and customer success teams with security questions.
• Engage with third-party security consultants for independent security assessments and penetration testing.

Skills

Platform security

API security

Web application security

Product development

Kubernetes

IaC

Networking (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP/S)

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

Ping Identity is looking for a Platform Security Engineer to own security for our identity platform products. You will contribute to SSDLC, perform security reviews, and collaborate with product, SRE, and engineering teams to secure our cloud-based infrastructure.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in enterprise security, experience with Kubernetes, IaC, and secure coding practices. Strong communication skills and a proactive security mindset are essential for this role in a fast-moving,