Senior Engineer, Product Security

Senior Engineer, Product Security, Pune NielsenIQ is maturing its Product Security programs and is recruiting a Senior Product Security Engineer who will be responsible for supporting the rollout of DevSecOps capabilities and practises across all geographies and business units. As a Senior Product Security Engineer, you will be responsible for integration, maintenance and analysis of the tools and technologies used in securing NIQ products/applications throughout their development. You will oversee application security capabilities within a multi-national matrixed environment. This position will involve working closely with engineering teams, business units, technical and non-technical stakeholders, educating them and driving the adoption and maturity of the NIQ’s Product & Application Security programs. Responsibilities Collaborate within Product Security Engineering and Cybersecurity teams to support delivery of its strategic initiatives. Work with engineering teams (Engineers, SREs & QAs) to ensure that products are secure on delivery and implement provided security capabilities. Actively contribute to building and maintaining Product Security team security tools and services, including integrations security tools in the CI/CD process Report on security key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive improvements across engineering teams’ security posture. Contribute to Product Security Engineering team security education program and become an advocate within the organization’s DevSecOps and application security community of practice. Review IaaS / PaaS architecture roadmaps for the cloud to and recommend baseline security controls and hardening requirements, supporting threat modelling of NIQ’s products. 5+ years of experience working in a technical/hands-on application security, development, or DevOps professional environment. Working Knowledge of web stack, web security and common vulnerabilities (e.g. SQLi, XSS, & beyond.) Good coding experience (Python is most desirable, or similar programming language). Experience deploying containers using CI/CD pipeline tools like GitHub Actions, Gitlab Pipelines, Jenkins, and Terraform or Helm. Self-starter, technology and security hobbyist, enthusiast. Lifelong learner with endless curiosity. Bonus Points if you: Have experience building serverless functions in Cloud environments. Have knowledge of Cloud Workload Protection. Experience using SAST and DAST tools. Demonstrated engagement in security conferences, training, learning, associations is highly desired and fully supported. Ability to think like a hacker. Our Benefits Flexible working environment Volunteer time off LinkedIn Learning Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP) NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. 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