Product Security Engineer
Adobe Software
JOB LEVEL
P20EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual ContributorThe Opportunity
Adobe Security is building the paved roads that let thousands of engineers deploy code safely at cloud scale. We need a builder who can turn strong security principles into automation, blueprints, and clear guidance. In this role, you’ll work closely with product and platform teams, translating real-world threats into hardened templates and guardrails, and providing developers with the confidence to ship faster without compromising security.
What You'll Do
- Design, codify, and continuously improve WAF, CDN, and L7 load-balancer policies for every public endpoint—AWS WAF / Firewall Manager, Akamai Kona, CloudFront, and Azure Front Door.
- Ship Terraform/CDK modules and GitHub Actions gates that let product teams wrap new services in validated WAF + DDoS controls with zero manual steps.
- Detect exploit traffic in near-real time, auto-deploy emergency WAF rules, and verify mitigation within 30 minutes.
- Stream edge logs to data lakes (S3 → AWS Security Lake/Databricks), enrich with threat intel, and surface critical metrics that matter: blocked-attack rates, false-positive ratios, mean-time-to-mitigate.
- Partner with Platform, Product, and SecOps engineers to plan, track, and land initiatives. Own delivery until controls are live and measurably reduce risk.
- Run lean POCs on emerging edge-security tech. Promote winners through docs, demos, and lunch-and-learns.
- Provide clear guidance during investigations, coordinate mitigation across CDNs, and brief leadership on impact and next steps.
What you need to succeed
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- A strong proactive approach to security, identifying risks before they become problems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to strike a balance between security, performance, and usability.
- Experience working in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments
- Good coding skills (for example, in Go/Python/TypeScript/ etc)
- Familiarity with cloud-native development practices in AWS/Azure is a plus
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