Manager Information Security

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

About the team

LinkedIn's members entrust us with their information every day and we take their security seriously. Our core value of putting our members first powers all the decisions we make, including how we manage and protect the data of our members and customers. Information Security at LinkedIn is dedicated to protecting and securing business-critical member data and company assets. Our core mission is to empower LinkedIn to create a secure and thriving platform for every member of the global workforce. 

The product and platform security team is responsible for securing all of LI’s services be it on-prem or cloud. As a technically adept and product-centric leader, you will oversee the creation of features and systems designed to enhance platform integrity and user confidence. In this capacity, you are accountable for the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and the security of CI/CD pipelines for both member-facing and internal products.

You will partner with engineering to mitigate security risks through the design and implementation of robust security controls and processes, ensuring that product development is secure by default while supporting business objectives. You will own and evolve the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) by integrating leading security practices into every phase, from planning and architecture reviews to continuous testing and maintenance. In this capacity, you will oversee developer guardrails—including secure coding criteria, architectural designs, and code reviews—while driving the adoption of paved paths within the CI/CD pipeline. By automating scanning, testing, and compliance checks at every stage, you will ensure software supply chain security and code integrity from development through production, reducing systemic risk and driving high-value security outcomes. Act as a force multiplier by championing AI-assisted security workflows and utilizing AI-native systems that offer deep architectural reasoning. By integrating these advanced guardrails, you will eliminate classes of vulnerabilities ranging from traditional risks like the OWASP Top 10 to emerging, sophisticated threats like prompt injections targeting agentic applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own, evolve, and drive the secure development lifecycle. Drive “shift-left” and “shift-down” initiatives across architecture reviews, threat modeling, SAST/DAST, continuous end to end testing, fuzzing, etc. 

• Drive adoption of paved paths by focusing on safe coding, cryptographic hygiene, software supply chain security

• Design security paved roads and developer guardrails to eliminate classes of vulnerabilities 

• Force multiplier and champion for AI assisted security workflows 

• Lead, empower, and grow a high performing team of security engineers and scale

• Lead the penetration testing efforts internally or partner with external firms for the same to drive the right outcomes

• Collaborate with engineering to mitigate security risks, and support shipping quickly 

• Evaluate and enhance security tooling and automation to bolster technical rigor while driving operational efficiency and high-value security insights

• Cultivate and sustain profound technical proficiency across all facets and functionalities within the broader product landscape

• Stay at the forefront of the field by maintaining rigorous expertise in evolving security risks, landscape shifts, and cutting-edge defensive methodologies

• Act as the principal escalation authority for intricate or high-impact security risks; spearhead systemic enhancements across architecture and workflows by leveraging post-incident insights

• Act as a key technical advisor to engineering leadership; communicate complex security risks and recommendations effectively by articulating business impacts and navigating critical trade-offs

• Establish and report on meaningful security engineering and operations metrics, including program health, control effectiveness, availability performance, remediation progress, and risk reduction outcomes

• Evaluate and improve security tooling, processes, and controls to reduce systemic risk, increase operational efficiency, and ensure the team is focused on the highest-value security work

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience. 

• 1+ year(s) of management experience or 1+ year(s) of staff level engineering experience with management training

• 7+ years of experience in software development, security development lifecycle, security automation, product and platform security, bug bounty program

• Experience defining strategic roadmaps, managing deliverables, and driving operational excellence for complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders

• Experience conducting code and architecture reviews, pressure-test designs, and guide tradeoffs across correctness, performance, scale, and operability

• Experience in on-prem and cloud infrastructure

• Experience owning security critical production systems where reliability, auditability, and operational rigor are essential

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record turning complex infrastructure/software problems into adopted platforms across Engineering, Security, IT, and internal teams

• High bar for engineering quality, operational discipline, and long-term ownership

• Knowledge of Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, endpoint security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, observability, logging pipelines, and modern security engineering practices

• Fluency in at least one programming language (GO, Python, Java) to facilitate code reviews, security tool development and automation. Bonus if coming from SWE background

• Ability to communicate security risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical, non-technical, and senior leadership audiences

• Experience improving product and platform security programs

• Growth oriented mindset where you love to build not just maintain

Suggest Skills:

• Technical Leadership

• Product Security

• Platform Security

You will Benefit from our Culture

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.

• Software Engineering

Additional Information

India Disability Policy 

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. For more information on our equal opportunity policy, please visit https://legal.linkedin.com/content/dam/legal/Policy_India_EqualOppPWD_9-12-2023.pdf

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