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Talkdesk is seeking a Senior Security Engineer I to join their Security Engineering Team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about security and contribute to building a safer Talkdesk. This role involves providing security guidance to development teams, performing threat modeling, and collaborating with stakeholders to improve the overall security posture of Talkdesk.

Responsibilities include:
  • Providing support for vulnerability management and mitigation.
  • Offering technical support to development teams for patching strategies.
  • Providing security guidance throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Developing security standards and practices.
  • Performing threat modeling.
  • Recommending security enhancements.
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to gather security requirements.
  • Providing operational support for security technologies.
  • Working to improve Talkdesk's overall security.
  • Performing pentests and managing findings.

Requirements:
  • At least 5 years of experience in application security with SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling.
  • Experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with IaaC tooling and methodology (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD).
  • Strong experience as a vulnerability management specialist and security advisor.
  • Strong experience with OWASP TOP 10, CVE, CWE, and other vulnerability taxonomy.
  • Coding experience in one or more languages (Java, Ruby, Python).
  • Experience with secure development security tools.
  • Experience in application architecture security review.
  • Strong experience with secure coding practices and standards.
  • Knowledge in applications and systems security.
  • Knowledge in cryptographic concepts.
  • Knowledge of networking and web protocols.
  • Understanding of cybersecurity standards and frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, CIS, OWASP, SANS).
  • Linux/Unix proficiency.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.
  • Fluent in English.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have:
  • Familiarity with Git, Ruby, Kotlin, RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL.
  • Experience in conducting security tests in web and mobile applications.
  • Experience with AI security.
  • Knowledge of rating vulnerabilities using CVSS 3.0 & 4.0.
  • Prior experience as DevOps and/or Software Engineer.
  • Prior experience handling security incidents.
  • Certifications such as OSCP, CISM, CISSP, GSEC.
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