Staff Product Security Engineer

Delinea Inc.; Tennessee; Remote; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to lead their Product Security Program. This role involves designing security strategies, conducting threat modeling, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product security. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Cybersecurity, particularly in Product Security, and will be adept at balancing security needs with business objectives. Join a passionate team dedicated to making the world a safer place and enjoy a fully remote work environment with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Pension/retirement matching

Generous discretionary time off

Paid company holidays

Paid leave for new birth/adoption

Employee assistance program

Equity and bonus program

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Cybersecurity, 7+ years in a Product Security role.
• Experience with Threat Modeling and secure design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product Security Program and perform secure design reviews.
• Promote security architecture adoption and mentor team members.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Product Security

Threat Modeling

Secure Design

Leadership

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

Cloud Security

Cryptography

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

GitLab

GitHub

SAST

DAST

Job description

About Delinea:
Delinea is a pioneer in securing identities through centralized authorization, making organizations more secure by seamlessly governing their interactions across the modern enterprise. Delinea allows organizations to apply context and intelligence throughout the identity lifecycle across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, and SaaS applications to eliminate identity-related threats. With intelligent authorization, Delinea provides the only platform that enables you to discover all identities, assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and immediately respond to identity threats in real-time. Delinea accelerates your teams’ adoption by deploying in weeks, not months, and makes them more productive by requiring 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor. With a guaranteed 99.99% uptime, the Delinea Platform is the most reliable identity security solution available. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube.

Join our passionate, global team at Delinea and help us make the world a safer and more secure place. Our success is driven by world-class product leadership, outstanding engineers, and strategic investment from TPG. We value diversity, innovation, and a culture of respect and fairness. If you're ready to push boundaries and challenge the status quo in security, we want to hear from you.

Apply today to help us achieve our mission.

Summary:

Delinea’s Cybersecurity organization is seeking an experienced Staff Product Security Engineer to provide technical leadership and execution for an industry-leading Product Security Program. This critical role is expected to be a key player in designing the overall strategy of Delinea’s Product Security Program and will be responsible for performing secure design reviews, threat modeling, and offering consulting services.

The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative, working alongside Enterprise Architecture, Development, and DevOps teams, able to balance the right level of security with business objectives, comfortable with driving technical ideas and communicating clearly with technical as well as non-technical audiences, and work to creatively solve complex Product Security related problems.

This role reports to the Director of Product Security, is based in the US, and is fully remote.

What You'll Do:

1. Provide strong leadership and be a security thought leader across Delinea’s product offerings.
2. Gain an understanding of current product security program state and partner with the team to define future state and multi-year roadmaps.
3. Promote strategic direction and influence security architecture adoption in product strategy and roadmap.
4. Use knowledge of current product security best practices and industry trends to advise on the secure design of Delinea products and services.
5. Perform end-to-end security architecture reviews.
6. Perform Threat Modeling, assess and document product risks and/or application designs.
7. Participate in expanding/maturing Delinea’s S-SDLC program.
8. Provide guidance on vulnerability management best practices and assist in remediation activities.
9. Stay up to date on the threat landscape, current technologies, security compliance requirements, standards, and industry trends in order to help achieve cybersecurity’s goals.
10. Provide mentorship and guidance to other team members.

What You'll Need:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, similar related field, or equivalent experience.
2. Ten years of professional work experience in Cybersecurity with a minimum of seven years in a Product Security role that includes Security Architecture, Threat Modeling, Secure Design, AppSec tooling, etc.
3. Well versed in current Product Security threat landscape and industry best practices.
4. Experience performing Threat Modeling and Product Security design reviews and incorporating them as part of SSDLC processes.
5. Experience in the following technologies:
1. Cloud Security
2. Cryptography
3. SaaS multi-tenant product architecture
4. REST APIs
5. Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
6. Integration of Security testing tools into development pipelines
7. Defect tracking (Jira, Bugzilla, ServiceNow, or similar)
8. Source code management (ADO, GitLab, GitHub, or similar)
9. Application security testing tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, or similar)
6. Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
7. Strong analytical skills with the ability to prioritize, manage competing demands, and meet deadlines.
8. Strong communication skills both verbal & written with the ability to describe technical security issues in plain language.

What We'd Love to See:

1. Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management principles, and industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, GDPR).
2. Solid understanding of cloud security technologies including container security, serverless security, network and application security, and access management.
3. Software engineering and/or development experience.
4. Cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, CISM, or similar).
5. Proficiency with Azure and AWS.

The starting pay range for this position is $180,000-$225,000 annually if based in the US. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography, skills, education, experience, certifications and other qualifications of the candidate.

For this Job, Delinea is not considering candidates that need any type of US work authorization now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J1, etc.

Delinea Culture & Benefits:

Why work at Delinea?

• We’re passionate problem-solvers doing our part to make the world a safer place.
• We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative.
• What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression.

At Delinea, our core values are STRONG—Spirited – Trust – Respect – Ownership – Nimble – Global – and guide our behaviors and success. We believe weaving these core values into our day-to-day actions, and our process for hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees, helps us cultivate a work environment that embraces collaboration and camaraderie.

We take care of our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful equity and bonus program, and excellent benefits, including a full suite of medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous discretionary time off (DTO), and paid company holidays. We support all families with paid leave for new birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster-to-adopt primary caregivers.

Delinea is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment, per employment policy. In addition, all publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed.