Product Security Engineer

The Product Security Engineer strengthens Hitachi Vantara's product security across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), driving vulnerability management, security assessments, remediation, Secure SDLC, and DevSecOps initiatives in collaboration with Engineering, Product, Cloud Operations, Support, and Security teams.

1. Product Security Expertise

• Develop understanding of product architecture, technology stacks, APIs, integrations, and deployment models; act as the primary security contact for Engineering, Product, and Support teams.
• Identify product security risks and support security assessments and customer escalations.
• Familiarity with NFS, SMB, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, TLS/SSH, PKI, REST API security, access controls, Amazon S3, tenant isolation, Kubernetes RBAC, secrets management, and encryption.

2. Security Triage & Vulnerability Management

• Perform vulnerability triage, reproduction, validation, and risk assessment using CVSS, exploitability, and business/customer impact.
• Lead vulnerability identification, prioritization, remediation, and reporting across SAST, DAST, SCA, penetration tests, bug bounty programs, and customer-reported issues.
• Establish remediation SLAs, track findings to closure, validate fixes, and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.

3. Secure Software Development & DevSecOps

• Promote Secure SDLC and secure coding practices across Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, and cloud-native applications.
• Develop security standards, conduct code reviews, validate fixes, and guide engineering teams on sustainable remediation.
• Integrate security controls and scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines, automate security validation, and promote shift-left practices.
• Support security implementation across Kubernetes, Docker, containers, IaC, and cloud-native deployment pipelines.

4. Incident Response & Governance

• Investigate and remediate product security incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend preventive controls.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Cloud Operations, Support, and Security teams during incident response.
• Support SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, customer security assessments, audits, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
• Maintain security documentation and ensure alignment with corporate security policies and risk governance frameworks.

5. Security Leadership & Enablement

• Act as Product Security SME, mentor teams on security best practices, and deliver security awareness and secure coding training.
• Stay updated on emerging vulnerabilities, threats, attack techniques, and mitigation strategies.

• 8+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, or Software Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10, CWE, CVSS, secure coding, vulnerability assessment, security triage, remediation, and risk analysis.
• Understanding of enterprise architectures, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, SaaS, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and IAM.
• Hands-on experience with Black Duck, Black Duck SRM, AppScan, Qualys, SonarQube, Burp Suite, and dependency scanning tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD security, DevSecOps, AWS/Azure, container security, and cloud-native environments.
• Proven vulnerability remediation experience with strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

CISSP, CSSLP, Security+, GIAC, CCSP, AWS Security, or Azure Security.

• Reduced critical/high vulnerabilities and security incidents.
• Improved remediation SLAs and vulnerability resolution.
• Increased DevSecOps adoption and security automation.
• Improved product security, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Enhanced security awareness across Engineering and Support teams.

Engineering Managers, Product Owners, Architects, DevOps Leads, Customer Support, Security Operations, and Customer Escalation Teams.