Job Description

About LinkedIn 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. This location is hybrid in our Mountain View office location. 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. 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 an experienced Staff Engineer, Information Security to be an integral part of our Information Security organization. LinkedIn’s Platform Security team provides security architecture and design services throughout the organization as we scale our platform to support 700 million+ members across the globe. Our vision is to appropriately secure all infrastructure and data systems that power the LinkedIn experience and the tooling that empowers engineers. We are looking for an engineer who can help LinkedIn continue its journey of innovation and keep us at the forefront of the world as an organization worthy of the trust people place in us. We are a multi-functional team, composed of self-driven individuals that take the hypothetical and wrap it in real-world tradeoffs in why, what, and how. We secure production workflows, harden existing design patterns, and are a voice for security on cutting edge engineering initiatives. As a Security Partner, you will own and be responsible for the security risk posture of a partner engineering organization, while striving to shift the security engagement to the left. You will build and maintain deep relationships with the partner organization and contribute to building a frictionless engagement model with the Security Organization. Responsibilities:

• You will partner with architects, engineers and site reliability engineers across the organization; build threat models, design secure systems, perform security design assessments, paint the overall risk picture, and help find solutions for the risks and vulnerabilities you identify.
• You will build necessary proof of concepts to ensure viability of security recommendations in the Li tech stack.
• You will articulate and communicate risk decisions effectively and drive security initiatives within the partner organization.
• You will influence technical architecture based on risk decisions derived from security assessments.
• You will identify and coach Security “Champions” within your partner organization.
• You will mentor team members to uplevel technical and interpersonal skills

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
• 7+ years’ experience in information security principles, such as threat modeling, security architecture, secure system design, system and network security, big data security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography
• 7+ years’ experience and in-depth knowledge of container security, data security, network security, CI/CD security and control plane security.
• 3+ years’ experience with security in cloud environments, Linux deployments, and scripting languages such as Python

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 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

Suggested Skills:

• Threat Modeling
• Java/Golang/Rust/Python
• Technical Leadership
• Corporate, Cloud, Network & Offensive Security
• Containerization

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 $147,000 to $240,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit Equal Opportunity Statement LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: Please reference and for more information. LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
• Having interviews in an accessible location
• Being accompanied by a service dog
• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information. Pay Transparency Policy Statement As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants:

Job Tags

For contractors, Flexible hours, Shift work,

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