What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Engineer position at KAYAK?
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s 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.
As 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.
As a Security Engineer at KAYAK, you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies to implement industry-leading security practices. We believe that fostering innovative thinking is essential to ensuring both the success of our security initiatives and the integrity of our corporate and customer data. We are seeking creative and motivated people that have a passion for engineering o help advance these initiatives! You can find more information about our security program at https://www.kayak.com/security.
Note, this role will be required to work from our Concord, MA office at least 3 days per week.
In this role, you will:
At OpenTable/KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation(s).
As 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.
As a Security Engineer at KAYAK, you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies to implement industry-leading security practices. We believe that fostering innovative thinking is essential to ensuring both the success of our security initiatives and the integrity of our corporate and customer data. We are seeking creative and motivated people that have a passion for engineering o help advance these initiatives! You can find more information about our security program at https://www.kayak.com/security.
Note, this role will be required to work from our Concord, MA office at least 3 days per week.
In this role, you will:
- Implement security improvements in our endpoint, on prem and cloud IT environments.
- Monitor for and investigate potential security incidents.
- Conduct regular scanning/auditing of critical components.
- Contribute to security incident response playbooks.
- Help manage and implement the latest state of the art security tools.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or Computer Science/Engineering.
- Strong analytical thinking.
- Strong technical background with proficiency in at least one of:
- Systems administration
- Network design and configuration
- Incident response
- Security analytics
- Scripting
- Working knowledge of Linux, OS X and Windows Server operating systems and computer networking.
- Experience with cloud computing and security, preferably AWS.
- Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response, IDS, Email Security, IAM, SIEM, SOAR tools.
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Focus on mental health and well-being:
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
- Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- No meeting Fridays
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Focus on your career growth:
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Competitive retirement and health plans
- Free lunch 2 days per week
- Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
At OpenTable/KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation(s).
