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Platform Security Engineer
Company | FanDuel |
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Location | New York, NY, USA |
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Salary | $134000 – $168000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Expertise in cloud architecture and design, including the ability to design highly secure and scalable cloud environments.
- Good communication skills to share security best practices, collaborate with stakeholders, and explain security concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Strong familiarity with at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and a general understanding of other major cloud providers.
- Experience with web application firewalls (WAF), DDoS and account takeover mitigation, and bot detection/prevention systems.
- Awareness of security trends and a commitment to staying informed about emerging threats and evolving technologies.
- Ability to collaborate with various teams and departments on projects with a focus on short to mid-term goals.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse perspectives and incentives to achieve consensus among teams.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Offer security guidance to support platform security initiatives within the organization.
- Provide expertise in platform security for initiatives related to detection & response, vulnerability management, and compliance.
- Perform security assessments of infrastructure, identify potential threat vectors, and recommend mitigation strategies to prevent disruptions and data breaches.
- Collaborate with technology stakeholders to establish security metrics that demonstrate proficiency across various technology teams operating in the cloud.
- Contribute to the development of automation tools to enhance application security in the cloud, facilitating faster and more accessible security enhancements.
- Design and implement web application security solutions to protect FanDuel’s secure edge.
- Implement and help drive remediation of vulnerabilities in our operating systems and containers.
- Document processes associated with critical systems for compliance and auditing purposes.
- Identify and address technical debt in platform security tooling in cloud environments.
- Work closely with development and operations teams to define and enforce platform security standards and best practices.
- Take on additional responsibilities as needed to maintain and improve cloud security across the organization.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.