It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._ **Corporate Overview** Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People. #Proofpoint. **The Role** We are looking for a Staff Security Engineer with deep expertise in Cloud Security Engineering across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role will focus on securing cloud environments, managing asset inventory and vulnerabilities, and driving application security and penetration testing initiatives. As a key member of our security team, you will play a strategic and hands-on role in ensuring our cloud-native and distributed systems are secure by design. Based in Cork, this key role will drive key product and application security initiatives for Proofpoint Product portfolio. **Key Responsibilities** • Cloud Security: Architect, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments • Asset Inventory: Develop and manage systems to continuously track and secure cloud and on-prem assets • Vulnerability Management: Identify, prioritize, and drive remediation of vulnerabilities across infrastructure and applications • Application Security: Perform code reviews, threat modelling, and support DevSecOps integration in CI/CD pipelines • Penetration Testing: Plan and conduct internal penetration testing and coordinate with third-party testers • Automation & Tooling: Build security tooling and automation to enhance detection and response capabilities • Collaboration: Work with engineering and DevOps teams to embed security best practices across services and deployments • Compliance Support: Ensure alignment with internal policies, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. **What You Bring to the Team** • Extensive years’ experience in cybersecurity, with deep experience in cloud and application security • Cloud Platforms: Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP security tools and architecture • Technical Expertise: Knowledge of network protocols, identity and access management, encryption, and secrets management • Tools & Languages: Experience with vulnerability scanners, SAST/DAST tools, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and languages such as Python or Go • Certifications: Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, OSCP) are a plus • Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to influence and educate technical and non-technical stakeholders. **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 \#LI-CB1 _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams. To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos. We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees. Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace. At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: + Build and enhance our proven security platform + Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture + Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel + Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges   We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.