Design and implement infrastructure security at scale, detect and remediate vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud, VMs, containers, and Kubernetes; manage vulnerability programs, security monitoring (SIEM), WAF, and cloud hardening; collaborate with engineering teams to embed secure architectures and automated detection/remediation workflows.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
We are seeking an inspired and motivated technical contributor to join the DigitalOcean Security Team as an Infrastructure Security Engineer. You will report to the Security Engineering Manager for the APAC region and will be a key member of DigitalOcean’s security team. In this role, you will play an essential part in enhancing DigitalOcean's security posture. This includes collaborating with various Engineering and Security teams to:
- Design and implement infrastructure security solutions at scale
- Identify and mitigate security issues, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations for both internal users and customers
Your efforts will provide security instrumentation and establish secure architectures within DigitalOcean’s environments, both corporate and customer-facing.
What You’ll Do:- Establishing an understanding of DigitalOcean’s production and corporate environments, from applications to infrastructure, keeping up-to-date with material changes and future directions
- Partnering closely with the other technical teams within the Security Organization and across our engineering and other functions to harden accounts, platforms, and service structures to combat intrusions, hijackings, and potential compromises
- Developing early warning systems to detect, respond, and mitigate risks to the business as well as the customer environment
- Develop, maintain, and monitor the adoption of sound Cloud security practices
- Ownership of vulnerability management and patching policies of Virtual machines, Containers and Kubernetes infrastructure
- Identify and help mitigate security issues and misconfigurations related to Cloud services, Virtual machines, Containers and Kubernetes infrastructure
- Ownership and management of preventative security measures and services such as WAF, SIEM and similar security solutions.
- Consistently improving security as the company scales, driving continuous improvement through data collection and correlation, being mindful that security should be an efficiency enabler for the business, not a detractor
- 5+ years of experience in cloud and infrastructure security, with hands-on expertise in building automated detection and remediation workflows, enforcing security policies, hardening container and Kubernetes environments, and managing security monitoring across Linux-based, multi-cloud, and multi-tenant architectures.
- Vulnerability Management experience, focused on prioritizing known vulnerabilities for remediation at scale and classifying previously unknown vulnerabilities
- Strong understanding of Linux systems and common O/S hardening practices
- Hands-on experience with cloud service providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a core requirement, while familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a strong advantage. Focus areas include security issues and misconfigurations across cloud services, virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of systems in a multi-tenant, cloud environment
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to include: technical writing, presenting, coaching, mentoring
- Bonus: Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Infrastructure as code
- Configuration as Code software and methods (eg, Chef, Salt, Ansible)
- Software Development background
*This job is located in Bengaluru, India
JR: 2026-7614
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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