{"id":1701637,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kayak-security-engineer","title":"Security Engineer","company":{"id":3573,"name":"KAYAK","domain":"kayak.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kayak","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":84,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.5,"repost_share":0.25,"time_to_fill_p50_days":41,"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Security","role_family":"Security","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Berlin, Germany"],"countries":["DE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":62000,"max_usd":144000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":51},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"SIEM","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":true},{"name":"GCP","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"SOC 2","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T09:11:35Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-05T01:34:05Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We're also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.\nAs an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.\nSecurity at KAYAK is a team effort - we protect the people, systems, and data that power travel for millions of users worldwide, and we do it by working closely with engineering, operations, and product teams. As a Security Engineer, you will help to drive our vulnerability management program while contributing across multiple security domains in a collaborative, globally distributed environment. You can find more information about our security program at https://www.kayak.com/security.\n This role is required to work from our Berlin, Germany office 3 days per week.\nIn this role, you will:\nSupport and continuously improve the vulnerability management program - defining processes for identifying, prioritizing, tracking, and driving remediation of security findings across infrastructure and applications. This includes working closely with engineering, operations, and IT teams to ensure findings are understood, assigned, and resolved in a timely manner, and reporting on program health and trends to security leadership.\n\nParticipate in incident response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, and post-incident documentation.\n\nSupport application security initiatives, including automated code scanning, dependency analysis, and working with engineering teams to address security findings early in the development process.\n\nHelp configure, monitor, and improve security tooling across areas such as endpoint protection, email security, identity and access management, and cloud security posture.\n\nContribute to security automation and orchestration workflows that reduce manual effort and improve response times.\n\nCollaborate with engineering, operations, and compliance teams to embed security thinking into development workflows and infrastructure changes.\n\nDocument processes, runbooks, and findings to support team knowledge sharing and continuity.\n\nParticipate in access reviews and support identity and access management processes in line with established policies.\n\nStay current with the evolving threat landscape and contribute ideas for improving the team's detection and response capabilities.\n\nPlease apply if you have:\nA solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals - including networking, operating systems (Linux, macOS, or Windows), and cloud environments - gained through any combination of formal education, self-study, bootcamps, or professional experience.\n\nHands-on experience in at least one security domain, such as vulnerability management, incident response, application security, endpoint security, or identity and access management.\n\nExperience working with security tooling (e.g., vulnerability scanners, endpoint detection and response platforms, SIEM systems, or similar); familiarity with specific tools is a plus, but willingness to learn our stack matters more than exact tool experience.\n\nFamiliarity with AI tools and how they can be applied in a security context - whether for automating workflows, triaging alerts, or improving detection and response. Experience working with AI models or building AI-assisted workflows is a plus.\n\nThe ability to communicate clearly in writing and in conversation - our team is globally distributed and works primarily in English (professional working proficiency is sufficient; native fluency is not required).\n\nA collaborative approach to problem-solving - you ask questions, share what you learn, and support your teammates.\n\nComfort working with some degree of autonomy on assigned tasks and projects, while knowing when to ask for input.\n\nBonus points if you have:\nFamiliarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or similar security frameworks.\n\nExperience with cloud environments (AWS or GCP) or container security.\n\nExposure to security automation or scripting (e.g., Python, workflow automation tools).\n\nExperience working in a regulated environment (e.g., SOC 2, PCI).\n\nBenefits and Perks\nWork from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\nFocus on mental health and well-being:\nCompany-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\nCompany-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\nCompany-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\nNo meeting Fridays\n\nPaid parental leave\n\nGenerous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\nPaid volunteer time\n\nFocus on your career growth:\nDevelopment Dollars\n\nLeadership development\n\nAccess to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\nTravel Discounts\n\nEmployee Resource Groups\n\n6 weeks paid vacation\n\nFree lunch 2 days per week\n\nPension plan contributions\n\nPublic transportation subsidies\n\nBike leasing program\n\nMonthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\nAn awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n\nInclusion\nAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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