Senior IT Security Engineer, Confluent
$192.2-225.8k
+ Equity
Data streaming platform
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Data streaming platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$192.2-225.8k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Founded by the team that built Apache Kafka, their mission is to make managing Kafka easy.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has deep technical security knowledge and expertise and will help define and implement robust security architecture strategies, frameworks and governance processes
- 5+ years of relevant security industry experience, preferably in performing security reviews and hardening of internal applications, data flows and vendor integrations such as Salesforce
- Knowledge of Cloud security primitives will be considered a plus but not mandatory
- Basic or Intermediate proficiency with coding (e.g. Python, Java, Go) or another scripting language
- Decision-maker with the ability to operate with freedom and autonomy
- Ability to own and oversee numerous initiatives, while working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, and adjust priorities upon evolving business needs
- A data-driven, decision-making mindset
- Strong knowledge of data handling, security fundamentals and associated best practices
- Experience working with distributed teams and other cross-functional stakeholders
What the job involves
- As an IT security engineer at Confluent, you will join a team of security engineers responsible for defining and executing on the security strategy for our IT infrastructure and supporting systems.
- You will work closely with our IT and broader Infosec organization to define and enforce strong security practices, develop solid security processes and capabilities to secure critical business systems at Confluent.
- You will ensure that security is embedded in how we design and build systems and associated workflows, help ensure production integrations adhere to security best practices, and partner with various stakeholder teams to strategically guard against existing or emerging threats
- This position is responsible for cultivating a culture of security awareness across IT, Business Systems, and the rest of the organization.
- Partner with key stakeholders across Confluent to promote and implement best practices for business systems security
- Develop and maintain documentation for security policies, procedures, and best practices alongside helping enforce Confluent’s overall Information Security and IT Security policies
- Stay up-to-date with the latest IT and business system security trends, technologies, and threats
- Design, develop, deploy security solutions, frameworks, automation, and orchestration to secure Confluent’s vendor integrations and critical internal applications
- Identify and implement additional technology controls to enhance visibility and protect against key attack vectors
- Conduct design and security implementation reviews to provide engineers with critical security guidance while supporting business objectives
- Work with management and help define a business security governance program that aligns security principles with corporate and business unit strategies
- Evangelize the significance of data security and offer guidance on best practices to maintain a secure environment
Our take
Confluent is a commercial company built on top of the open-source Apache Kafka project. Confluent and Kafka have developed a streaming data technology that processes massive amounts of information in real-time.
The streaming database technology was developed at LinkedIn as a way of moving massive amounts of messages. The company decided to open-source that tech in 2011, and Confluent launched as the commercial arm in 2014.
While the base open-source component remains available for free download, it doesn’t include the additional tooling the company has built to make it easier for enterprises to use Kafka. Confluent's value add is in those additional tools, including a cloud version of the product and a marketplace for sharing extensions to the platform.
Confluent expanded strategic partnerships with Microsoft and acquired Immerok, and in 2023 expanded its cloud platform. 2024 saw further product expansions with the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, all exemplifying how the company is living up to its name by rocket-boosting the benefits of Apache Kafka integration for companies.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2020
$250m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $455.9m
Company HQ
Mountain View, California
Leadership
Jay Kreps
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn.
Neha Narkhede
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously a Lead Engineer at LinkedIn and Oracle. They are an Investor/advisor for Gem, Block Party, Material Security, Abacus AI, Cortex Data, Yugabyte, Metaphor Data, Natalist, Common Room, and more.
Jun Rao
(Co-Founder)Previously a Senior Engineer at LinkedIn. Has a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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