Staff Security Engineer: Third-Party Risk & Automation

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Security Engineer focused on Third-Party Technology Security (TPS) to strengthen our security posture by identifying and mitigating risks from third‑party technologies, services, platforms, and integrations. You will lead an engineering‑driven TPS program that designs, automates, and scales controls, workflows, and tooling to protect LinkedIn and its customers.

You will partner with enterprise security, GRC, procurement, legal, and technical teams to replace manual

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading technical security reviews and risk assessments for third-party technologies, SaaS platforms, cloud services, APIs, enterprise applications, or vendor integrations.
• 5+ years of experience in security engineering with in-depth knowledge in areas such as application security, cloud security, security architecture, IAM, infrastructure security, or software supply-chain security.
• 5+ years of experience with threat modeling, security architecture or security design reviews.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java, GO, or Python and building automation to improve security engineering workflows.
• Experience with frameworks like NIST, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Responsibilities

• Establish a foundational TPS assessment framework and automate security requirements within the broader security ecosystem.
• Lead and mature the TPS program including design, implementation, and ongoing process improvement.
• Architect AI-driven automation to accelerate vendor onboarding and provide risk metrics at the executive level.
• Build automation replacing manual GRC tasks using Python or agentic coding tools.
• Design workflow integrations across systems like ticketing, GRC, and vendor management.

Skills

Python

Java/Go

Technical Leadership

Threat Modeling

Education

BA/BS in CS/Cybersecurity/InfoSec

Tools

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Python

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Security Engineer focused on Third-Party Technology Security (TPS) to strengthen our security posture by identifying and mitigating risks from third‑party technologies, services, platforms, and integrations. You will lead an engineering‑driven TPS program that designs, automates, and scales controls, workflows, and tooling to protect LinkedIn and its customers.

You will partner with enterprise security, GRC, procurement, legal, and technical teams to replace manual