Technologist, Product Security Engineer specializing in Cloud

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Our two brands, WD and SanDisk, offer consumers new ways to aggregate, organize, secure, and share the data that matters to them, no matter the content or where it resides. As our digital world and capabilities expand, we evolve to meet the needs of this highly dynamic, constantly changing environment. We create personal cloud experiences that seamlessly collect all your pictures, music, videos, and documents together. Developing state-of-the-art encryption technologies that protect your most valuable content, we are committed to putting consumers in control over every aspect of their digital world.

The Product Security Engineer will be a member of the Product Security Assurance team specializing in security considerations for devices with Cloud components. In this role you will collaborate with product development teams providing a security lens to product requirements, architecture and design to ensure the product satisfies customer expectations for security and privacy. Your expertise in security considerations for cloud applications will help you advise teams on specific threats that must be mitigated. You are a security thought leader helping define the product security vision and the strategy for delivering the vision. You will work with leadership at all levels in the organization to help them understand the vision and adapt product development roadmaps to implement the strategy. You will mentor other security engineers and product development teams on security best practices including threat modeling and security validation. You will also collaborate with our internal tools development organization and quality assurance team to identify tooling/automation features that will help us ensure the security requirements are met.

Our ideal teammate has experience developing cloud applications that meet the highest cybersecurity standards, is highly motivated and passionate about technology and is always eager to stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies. If this applies to you – join us so that we can develop together the future of storage devices that enhance our digital experience in everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor security engineers and development team members in learning and applying secure development activities and security controls
• Advise leadership at all levels on security risk and impact
• Review security architectures and implementations for software and cloud applications (AWS expertise preferred); identify gaps and misconfigurations;
• Advise teams on security architectures and implementations for cloud applications
• Be a key technical contributor to the continuous improvement of the Secure Development Lifecycle

• Develop reference threat models for components
• Assist development teams in adapting the reference threat model to the product/component specific threat model
• Perform security assessments, code audits and design reviews
• Collaborate with development teams on security during design/development/testing
• Research and develop technical solutions to mitigate security risks

• Participate in industry consortiums/standards bodies and conduct research to identify new attack vectors and industry trends
• Maintain awareness of cloud security incidents in the external community to identify threats and opportunities for enhancement.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor’s degree or greater with focus in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field from an accredited college/university
• Deep expertise in cloud application threats, mitigations and controls for cloud applications

• Experience building and configuring cloud applications (AWS preferred)
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards and best practices including Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)
• Hardware and software security architecture design and integration
• Experience with cloud software development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience with multiple programming languages (such as C/C++, Java, Rust, Go, Python, Perl, etc.)
• Knowledge of cryptographic protocols and best practices. Experience working with cryptographic protocols/libraries
• Threat modeling, security risk assessments, vulnerability analysis and research

Typical Minimum Experience Preferred (Desired Skills/Experience)

• 7+ years of related experience preferred

• 3+ years of software design and development
• Experience with AWS application development (preferred)

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Colorado or remote jobs that can be performed in Colorado. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will also be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan and to receive equity awards under our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs), pursuant to the terms of these programs. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Virgin Pulse Program; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company‘s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.