Security Enginee
Ready to unlock intelligence and secure the future of AI and API connectivity?
At Kong, we're building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era, enabling the world's most innovative companies to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. Trusted by Fortune 500 giants and ambitious startups alike, Kong Konnect is at the forefront of this revolution. As we scale globally, security isn't just a feature—it's the foundation of everything we do.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated Security Engineer to join our expanding team. This is a pivotal role where you'll directly impact the protection of Kong's critical platforms, systems, and services. You’ll embed security deeply within our cloud infrastructure, production environments, and across all engineering teams, ensuring Kong remains a trusted partner for our customers' most vital workloads.
You'll be instrumental in identifying potential risks, proactively strengthening our security posture, and championing a security-first mindset throughout the organization.
Even if you don't check every single box, we encourage you to apply! We value diverse strengths and are looking for candidates who are particularly strong in a few key areas, with a passion for learning and growing in others.
What You'll Do
Architect, implement, and continuously enhance robust security controls across Kong’s extensive cloud infrastructure and internal systems.
Collaborate closely with Engineering, DevOps, and Platform teams to seamlessly integrate security best practices into every stage of development and deployment workflows.
Proactively monitor, detect, investigate, and effectively respond to security incidents across all cloud and production environments.
Conduct comprehensive security assessments, drive vulnerability management programs, and perform critical risk analysis across infrastructure and applications.
Elevate our identity and access management (IAM), secrets management, and privileged access controls to industry-leading standards.
Support vital compliance initiatives and uphold stringent security standards throughout the business.
Develop and refine automation solutions for security monitoring, alerting, and remediation efforts.
Contribute significantly to defining and executing Kong’s long-term security strategy as we continue our global expansion.
What You'll Bring
Proven Experience: Strong background in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, or related cybersecurity domains.
Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
System Security: Deep understanding of Linux systems administration and security hardening.
Production Security: Experience securing complex production environments, distributed systems, and modern SaaS platforms.
Core Security Concepts: Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals, IAM, encryption, robust logging practices, and security monitoring techniques.
DevSecOps Acumen: Practical experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and integrating DevSecOps practices.
Containerization: Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Security Operations: Experience with vulnerability management, incident response methodologies, and various security tooling.
Programming Skills: Strong scripting or programming abilities (Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages preferred).
Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively across geographically distributed teams.
For more information about Kong, visit www.konghq.com.