Staff Security Engineer - Third Party Security

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be hybrid in LinkedIn's Sunnyvale campus.

About the team

LinkedIn's members entrust us with their information every day and we take their security seriously. Our core value of putting our members first powers all the decisions we make, including how we manage and protect the data of our members and customers. We never stop working to ensure LinkedIn is secure. We follow industry standards and have developed our own best practices to stay ahead of the increasing number of threats facing all Internet services and infrastructure. LinkedIn is looking for a Staff Security Engineer to be an integral part of our Information Security organization.

LinkedIn’s Third-Party Security team provides security architecture and design services across the organization as we scale our platform to support 700M+ members worldwide. Our vision is to appropriately secure all third-party solutions and services that power the LinkedIn experience and the tooling that enables our engineers. We partner closely with stakeholders across the business to make it easy and efficient for LinkedIn teams to onboard third parties securely, while maintaining the high standards of trust our members expect. We are looking for an engineer who can help LinkedIn continue its journey of innovation and keep us at the forefront as an organization worthy of the trust people place in us.

As a third party security engineer, you will own the security risk posture of partner engineering organizations, supplier integrations, and enterprise third-party solutions. You will focus on shifting security engagement to the left, ensuring that third-party technologies, integrations, and enterprise platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient. You will build and maintain strong relationships with partner teams while driving a frictionless engagement model with the Security organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with architects, engineers, and site reliability engineers; you will build threat models, design secure systems, and perform security design assessments that highlight risks and actionable mitigations.

• Lead third-party and supplier security reviews; you will evaluate high-risk integrations (APIs, SaaS, AI/ML platforms, enterprise third-party solutions, and cloud services) for architecture, data handling, and compliance alignment.

• Develop proof-of-concepts (POCs); you will validate security recommendations in the company’s tech stack and ensure practicality of adoption.

• Assess new and existing SaaS applications and deployments for vulnerabilities and design flaws, and prioritize remediation efforts based on risk.

• Communicate risk decisions effectively; you will influence both technical architecture and business decisions.

• Drive security initiatives; you will ensure risks within partner organizations and enterprise third-party platforms are tracked, managed, and remediated.

• Build security champions; you will identify and coach Security “Champions” within partner teams to scale security knowledge and accountability.

• Mentor and develop team members; you will help strengthen both technical expertise and interpersonal influence skills.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science, cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

• 4+ years experience in information security principles such as threat modeling, third party security, security architecture, secure system design, system and network security, big data security, authentication and security protocols, or cryptography

• 4+ years experience and in-depth knowledge of enterprise security tools

• Experience with security in cloud environments

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science or equivalent

• 7+ years of experience in threat modeling, third party security, security architecture, secure system design, system and network security, big data security, authentication and security protocols, and cryptography

• 7+ years of experience in data security, network security, CI/CD security, and control plane security

• 4+ years of experience in linux deployments

• 4+ years of experience with scripting languages such as python

• Experience working in organizations securing massively scaled networks and systems

• Ability to work across teams and communicate concisely and clearly to partners

• You thrive in taking initiative and helping set direction when needed and adapt well to an ever evolving environment

Suggest Skills

• Security Architecture
• Thread Modeling
• Third Party Security
• Technical Leadership

You will Benefit from our Culture

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels. LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $152,000 - $248,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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