Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

Infrastructure Security Engineer

Millions of people use Notion, and this number is growing daily. This signifies that a vast user base trusts us to provide a speedy, dependable, and secure experience, something we cherish immensely. Our aim is to continue earning this trust and to constantly surprise our users with the capabilities they can develop within Notion.

The Infrastructure Security team's mission is to establish foundations for a secure-by-default infrastructure serving all of Notion's technical stacks. We achieve this by architecting solutions that make the secure path the easy path.

Proactively enhance the security posture of our AWS accounts and cloud infrastructure.

Create secure frameworks for secrets management and AuthN / AuthZ.

Design and deploy robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.

Provide guidance and education on security and privacy best practices to our cross-functional partners.

Participate in and drive mitigation strategies during security related incident responses.

Help scale the engineering organization and mentor engineers on best practices in secure software design and architecture.

Security architecture and expertise : You have at least 5+ years of experience building and maintaining systems to secure cloud architectures, ranging from secrets management to Identity and Access Management solutions.

Backend / Infrastructure Development Experience : You have at least 5+ years of experience writing production-grade code. You can contribute to the codebase and architecture to raise the bar on secure systems design.

Working in production : You have experience debugging systems in production. You appreciate the skill and challenge of continuously improving production components with minimal user disruption.

Pragmatic and business-oriented : You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly you model threat risks and balance the right security investments with the right bottom line outcomes.

Not ideological about technology : To you, technologies and programming languages are about tradeoffs. You may be opinionated, but you're not ideological and can learn new technologies as you go.

Empathetic communication : You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. In disagreements, you engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and compromise when needed.

Team player : For you, work isn't a solo endeavor. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same.

Experience with AWS security practices, IAM, and zero trust architectures.

Data Security or Privacy Engineering experience.

Involvement in local or regional security user groups or conferences

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