Sr. Security Engineer GTM Partnership
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 170 - 256
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
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Hi there!
Zapier is on a mission to democratize automation while protecting the security and privacy of millions of users worldwide. Were hiring a Sr. Security Engineer to partner closely with GTM sales engineering and product teams to build customer trust and serve as a technical security advisor throughout the sales cycles.
About the Role
This role blends deep security expertise with strong communication and business acumen enabling the organization to confidently address complex security requirements from prospects customers and partners. Acting as a bridge between customers security teams and Zapier this role also works closely with internal product and cross-functional security teams to ensure alignment between customer requirements and Zapiers security capabilities.
Things Youll Do
Build expertise in Zapiers internal security practices and our platforms governance features.
Act as a strategic security advisor to sales and customer success teams on security-related aspects of complex or high-value deals.
Lead rapid response to technical risk mitigation for concerns raised by customers during deal cycles.
Represent the companys security posture and lead customer-facing security briefings to address security concerns and accelerate trust.
Consult on the voice of the customer on security related issues and help translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for internal product and security teams influencing roadmap and priorities.
Get ahead of potential concerns by partnering with enterprise GTM teams analyzing customer security questionnaires and identifying improvements in our platforms governance features.
Develop and maintain sales enablement content: Trust Center knowledge base security one-pagers objection handling guides and whitepapers.
Collaborate with product marketing to ensure security messaging aligns with customer needs and market expectations.
About You
7 years in technical security roles: application security product security or security consulting with customer-facing experience.
Understanding of code and architecture: you can discuss security controls and design decisions with developers
Deep knowledge of application security: API security authentication/authorization patterns data protection and secrets management
Familiarity with Encryption IAM and cloud-native architectures (AWS GCP Azure).
Understanding of risks and mitigations for LLMs and GenAI applications.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA GDPR
Experience with using AI tools for high-impact role-relevant opportunities to improve speed quality and outcomes.
Experience partnering cross-functionally with internal engineering and product teams to drive security initiatives.
Experience translating customer requirements into actionable engineering and product priorities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills: ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences including customers sales teams and executives.
Prior experience working with customers: addressing customer questions and concerns reviewing customer input working cross-functionally with customer facing teams.
Ability to build customer-facing content and speak with confidence in high-pressure engagements
Experience working alongside account executives customer success managers or solution engineers and engaging with customers in security-sensitive deals.
Bonus points for:
Developer background (youve written production code)
Security consulting or advisory experience
Solutions engineering or technical sales experience with a focus on security and governance
Public speaking or content creation on security topics
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Splunk
- IDS
- Network security
- Computer Networking
- Identity & Access Management
- PKI
- PCI
- NIST Standards
- Security System Experience
- Information Security
- Encryption
- Siem
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