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The company is committed to delivering innovative products that enhance people’s lives through faster, more reliable connectivity. With a commitment to excellence, TP-Link serves customers in over 170 countries and continues to grow its global footprint.\nWe believe technology changes the world for the better! At TP-Link Systems Inc, we are committed to crafting dependable, high-performance products to connect users worldwide with the wonders of technology.\nEmbracing professionalism, innovation, excellence, and simplicity, we aim to assist our clients in achieving remarkable global performance and enable consumers to enjoy a seamless, effortless lifestyle.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nDesign and implement a security governance framework for the cloud-native infrastructure platform, continuously improving the overall security posture and governance maturity of the platform.\nBuild platformized security capabilities, including the evaluation, integration, and adoption of security components, as well as secondary development and capability enhancement based on business and platform needs.\nDesign and develop automated security auditing platforms to enable automated security checks, risk detection, compliance validation, and remediation workflows.\nBuild security threat detection and alerting capabilities to improve identification, warning, and response for abnormal behaviors, potential attacks, and security risks.\nParticipate deeply in the security design of cloud-native platforms and infrastructure systems, and drive capabilities such as access control, network isolation, host hardening, and system-level security governance.\nDefine and continuously optimize security policies, standards, and enforcement mechanisms based on security operation principles such as least privilege and firewall policy management.\nCollaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, engineering, and operations teams to embed security capabilities into the platform lifecycle and improve the default security baseline and operational readiness of the platform.\nStay up to date with common attack techniques, security risks, and defense best practices, and continuously evolve the company’s infrastructure security governance and platform capabilities.\nRequirements\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field.\n7+ years of experience in infrastructure security, platform security, system security, or related areas.\nHands-on experience with AWS is required, with solid practical knowledge of cloud infrastructure security design and governance.\nStrong software engineering and development capabilities, with the ability to independently design and build platform features and perform secondary development and enhancement on existing security or infrastructure platforms.\nDeep understanding of Linux systems, including host security, permissions, processes, file systems, and networking fundamentals.\nStrong understanding of security operations principles and engineering practices, including but not limited to least privilege, access control, firewall policies, and network boundary isolation.\nGood understanding of common security attack techniques and risk scenarios, such as privilege escalation, vulnerability exploitation, lateral movement, malicious traffic, and misconfiguration risks, with the ability to analyze and mitigate them.\nStrong problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive security governance and platform improvements from both engineering and platform perspectives.\nStrong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience with other public cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP.\nExperience in cloud-native security, host security, container security, or automated security operations platform development.\nProficiency in Chinese in addition to English.\nBenefits\nSalary range: $150,000 - 200,000\nFree snacks and drinks\nFully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (partial coverage for dependents) \nContributions to 401k funds\nBi-annual reviews, and annual pay increases\nHealth and wellness benefits, including free gym membership\nQuarterly team-building events\nAt TP-Link Systems Inc., we are continually searching for ambitious individuals who are passionate about their work. We believe that diversity fuels innovation, collaboration, and drives our entrepreneurial spirit. As a global company, we highly value diverse perspectives and are committed to cultivating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and valued. We are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Beyond compliance, we strive to create a supportive and growth-oriented workplace for everyone. 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