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About Proofpoint

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company that protects organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks—people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard sensitive data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned Staff Product Security Engineer to lead and advance our product and application security initiatives. This role demands deep technical expertise across all facets of product security and secure software development, including significant experience working in FedRAMP-compliant environments. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, strategic, and serve as a security champion across product engineering teams. Based in Draper Utah, this key role will drive key product and application security initiatives for Proofpoint Product portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Product Security Leadership: Define and implement product and application security strategies throughout the SDLC.Security Architecture & Design: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design secure architectures for web, mobile, and cloud-based applications.Secure Development: Integrate security best practices into CI/CD pipelines, promote secure coding practices, and conduct code reviews and threat modeling sessions.Security Assessments: Lead and perform penetration testing, static/dynamic code analysis, and security reviews for internally developed and third-party applications.FedRAMP Compliance: Ensure security controls align with FedRAMP Moderate or High baselines and provide security documentation and support for FedRAMP audits and continuous monitoring.Tooling & Automation: Develop and maintain automated security testing tools, workflows, and integrations to scale security across product teams.Security Incident Response: Assist in investigation and remediation of security incidents related to products and applications.Support Security Compliance Initiatives: Support various Compliance initiatives such as SOC2, ISO27001Mentorship & Advocacy: Educate engineers on secure development practices, influence engineering culture, and act as a liaison between security and engineering teams.

What You Bring

Experience: 8+ years in Cloud security engineering with a focus on application/product security; experience in FedRAMP-authorized environments is required.Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10, secure coding, threat modeling, authentication/authorization, cryptography, and cloud-native application security.Compliance Knowledge: Strong grasp of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and other regulatory frameworks.Experience with Data Governance and Securing AI applications desirable.Certifications: CISSP, CSSLP, GWAPT, or equivalent are a plus.Tools & Languages: Experience with tools like SAST/DAST, SCA, container security, and languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, or Go.Soft Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.US Citizen required.

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success.  We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 182,175.00 - 267,190.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 146,550.00 - 214,940.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 132,975.00 - 195,030.00 USD