Product Security Engineer (Position located in Brazil)
Please submit your resume in English.
To learn more about our team and office culture in São Paulo, Brazil, visit the following links.
Careers Page: https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/sao-paulo
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The Product Security Engineer performs all processes and procedures necessary to ensure the safety of KnowBe4 applications and cloud environments. In addition, the primary responsibility is to protect the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company and customer data by conducting security assessments, triaging security findings and having a proactive approach in assisting the IT and engineering teams to develop secure applications and secure our cloud environments.
Responsibilities:
Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with security standards.
Develop and maintain threat models for products, understanding potential threats and devising strategies to mitigate them.
Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle, ensuring that security is considered at each stage of development.
Identify, assess, and coordinate the remediation of vulnerabilities within products. This includes staying up-to-date with the latest security threats and trends.
Implement and maintain security tools and automation systems to streamline security processes for product security
Participate in incident response activities, helping to manage and mitigate security incidents related to the product.
Provide training and guidance to development teams on best practices in secure coding and product design.
Ensure products comply with relevant industry security standards and regulations.
Work closely with engineering, product management, and other teams to ensure security is a key consideration in all aspects of product development and deployment.
Stay abreast of the latest security research, technologies, and methods to continuously improve product security.
Conduct risk analysis to understand the impact of potential security threats and develop risk management strategies.
Develop and enforce security policies and procedures related to product development and maintenance.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in information security, information systems, or similar experience preferred
Relevant field or experience in IT and infosec.
Experience working in AWS and with Terraform
Has strong understanding of information security, including a broad range of exposure to cloud infrastructure, systems analysis and application development, vulnerability scanning, policies and procedures, and audits.
Experience with cloud computing environments including infrastructure as code, containers and functions.
Strong knowledge of CWE top 25 and OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK matrix
Experience with code development and can read and understand source code in several programming languages such as Ruby, PHP, Go, JS, Python.
Automated and Manual Web, Mobile and Traditional application pentesting experience
Experience with scripting and building automations leveraging tools such as Python and tools such as Claude Code
Experience leveraging AI in your security testing workflows and processes
Have a strong networking and security understanding
Understanding of modern web application development technologies such as MVC, JWT, GraphQL
Experience with Burp Suite, SAST, DAST, Container and Dependency Scanning tools
Security certification such as OSWE, OSCP, CISSP, GPEN, CEH, CCSP, AWS desired.
Strong verbal and written communications
Excellent time management and organization skills
Excellent Analytical skills
Strong problem solving and root cause analysis abilities