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KION Group · 5 months ago

Lead Product Security Engineer

KION North America is seeking a highly motivated Lead Product Security Engineer to join their Product Security Operations team. This role involves protecting and scaling their cloud environment by integrating security tools, automating controls, and guiding application teams on best practices, all while focusing on cloud security, automation, and DevSecOps.

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Responsibilities

Integrate and operationalize cloud security tooling, such as cloud-native security monitoring and threat intel capabilities, third-party CNAPP, and third-party NHI security solutions, to form a cohesive security platform
Drive advancement of technical and operational capabilities necessary to implement a robust, highly automated product security strategy – one that is worthy of the trust placed in us by our customers and business partners
Respond to security alerts by prioritizing events from SIEM/SOAR tools and driving timely investigation and remediation
Offer practical assistance to application teams in integrating standard methodologies for cloud security throughout the entire software development lifecycle
Identify and remediate vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure and applications with proactive detection and mitigation plans
Develop automation workflows for product security policy enforcement and incident response using SOAR platforms
Enforce product security policies as code, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations like ISO 27001
Contribute to secure architecture design for new systems, ensuring security principles are coordinated from the beginning
Continuously improve product security operations by evaluating emerging threats and recommending modern tooling and practices
Encourage least-privileged access policies
Mentoring junior engineers and multi-functional partners in cloud security engineering and secure development principles

Qualification

Cloud securityDevSecOpsAutomation workflowsSecurity policies as codePythonIAM best practicesCNAPP technologiesSIEM/SOAR toolsSoftware development lifecycleNetworking knowledgeSecurity certificationsCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or security engineering roles
Proven experience leading technical projects and teams
Strong scripting or programming skills (Python preferred)
Deep understanding of IAM and cloud-native security best practices
Familiarity with CNAPP, SIEM, and SOAR technologies
Experience operating in a 24x7 incident response or cloud ops environment
Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile tools like JIRA
Ability to translate security policies into actionable engineering efforts
Excellent collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills

Preferred

Deep knowledge of identity and access management principles
Proficiency in networking, cloud protocols, and operating systems
Experience with patch management for both containerized and VM-based systems
Exposure to policy-as-code tools and languages
Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or GCP Security Engineer

Benefits

Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities

Company

KION Group

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The KION Group sells forklift trucks, warehouse technology and associated services from its seven brand companies around the world.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2013-06-28IPO

Leadership Team

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Christian Harm
CFO
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Christian Dreyer
Senior Director Business Transformation & Network Management
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