Senior API Security Engineer
Location: Galway (Hybrid working model)
About the Team
Join a dedicated API Security team focused on enhancing the security posture of APIs across a large-scale infrastructure. This team drives the deployment and management of API security solutions, ensuring robust protection and continuous improvement of API ecosystems.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of API security solutions across the platform.
- Collaborate closely with development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment with broader security objectives.
- Monitor API security performance against KPIs and SLAs, optimizing configurations to detect and mitigate threats.
- Implement security practices in CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous API security testing and monitoring.
- Develop automation scripts and tools to improve operational efficiency and security visibility.
- Stay current with emerging API threats, security frameworks, and technologies to recommend improvements.
- Document processes, configurations, and lessons learned to facilitate knowledge sharing across teams.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on API or application security.
- Strong understanding of API protocols and frameworks (REST, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC), and authentication/authorization standards (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT).
- Solid knowledge of OWASP API Security Top 10 and secure coding practices.
- Experience with API gateways and security testing tools (DAST, SAST, AST) is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with runtime security technologies such as eBPF or traffic monitoring is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to operate confidently in ambiguous situations.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with multiple teams and vendors.
- Passionate about learning and mentoring within the team environment.
Why This Role?
Be part of a mission-critical security function, delivering impactful solutions that protect vital API infrastructure. Benefit from a hybrid working model in Galway and opportunities to grow your expertise in cutting-edge API security technologies.