Staff Product Security Engineer, Secure Design (Kernel and Virtualization)

What this role involves

This Staff Product Security Engineer role focuses on assessing and mitigating security risks in DigitalOcean's virtualization stack. The position involves building threat models, proposing defense-in-depth mitigations, and collaborating with engineering teams to implement them. Additionally, the role includes cultivating a security culture through mentoring and vulnerability management.

Skills this posting asks for

• kernel security
• virtualization
• qemu
• kvm
• threat modeling
• defense-in-depth
• vulnerability management
• systems architecture
• network architecture
• communication
• apparmor
• selinux
• landlock
• security best practices
• performance assessment
• empathy
• creativity

Requirements

• Level: staff

From the employer’s posting

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized…