Information Security Platform Engineer (remote in Brazil)
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What you'll do
- Assess information security processes and design more efficient methods using custom applications, scripts, automations and AI.
- Construct scaffolding and tools to enhance infosec developer experience.
- Manage and improve upon our infosec codebase and CI/CD.
- Develop AWS/IaaS solutions to enable infosec operations.
- Research and implement novel solutions across KnowBe4 to solve infosec related problems.
- Design and build solutions to fill security or compliance gaps
- Draftevelopment and maintain information security policies, procedures & baselines, SOP’s, diagrams, workflows, etc.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field or experience in software development/scripting in the information security space
- Minimum 2+ years relevant experience
- Understanding of IaaS sand how to use cloud solutions effectively and securely
- Ability to write code in Python, Terraform, and Bash
- Experience with building and deploying custom applications
- Experience with AWS development and serverless stacks
- Experience with code repositories and source control
- Experience with development using AI
- Familiarity with SDLC and CI/CD concepts.
- Familiar with containers and servers
- Familiar with automated testing with pytest or similar
- Familiar with architecture design and writing documentation
Nice to have
- Relevant information security certifications preferred
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.
Please submit your resume in English.
To learn more about our team and office culture in São Paulo, Brazil, visit the following links.
Careers Page: https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/sao-paulo
Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Location/KnowBe4-S%C3%A3o-Paulo-Location-EI_IE969384.0,7_IL[…]M_-C1lsxoZq7Cx8IriVE8MkrzuTmnJzqego77RAWZz9sqGt_55BflwYKpQeg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowbe4/life/brazil/
The Information Security Platform Engineer designs, builds, and supports custom applications, APIs, and automations that form the data backbone of KnowBe4’s security operations. Operating primarily within AWS, this mid-level role focuses on creating internal security tooling, streamlining developer experience (DevEx), and managing automated workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Custom Security Tooling & Application Development: Design, deploy, and maintain custom applications, APIs, CLI tools, and automations using Python and modern AI-assisted development tools.
- Security Operations Data Backbone: Build and manage data ingestion pipelines to process logs, alerts, and security events into operational platforms and our Elastic SIEM.
- Cloud Infrastructure & IaC: Provision, manage, and scale cloud environments primarily in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Developer Experience (DevEx) & Scaffolding: Construct reusable project scaffolding, CLI utilities, and standardized templates to enhance developer efficiency across the InfoSec team.
- Secure SDLC & CI/CD Management: Manage the InfoSec codebase, build continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and embed secure software development lifecycle practices.
Requirements:
- Experience with software development, scripting, or platform engineering experience.
- Cloud & Infrastructure as Code: Strong hands-on experience developing in AWS and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform (or equivalent IaC frameworks like CloudFormation)
- Programming & Automation: Proficiency writing code in Python, Bash, or modern languages such as Golang or Rust
- DevOps & Development Stack: Fluent with Git version control, CI/CD workflows, Docker containerization, and automated testing frameworks (e.g., pytest)
- AI Integration & Development Space: Ability to navigate Mac and Linux development environments effectively and leverage AI tools pragmatically to accelerate software engineering workflows
- Communication & Cultural Fit: Strong technical English communication skills (written and spoken), a narrative storytelling ability when walking through technical projects, and a collaborative, approachable mindset
- Proven track record of building internal CLI tools, project scaffolding, or open-source software solutions.
- General awareness of security baseline principles, secure coding, and secure SDLC concepts.
- Experience with AWS serverless stacks, microservices, or container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
- Relevant security or cloud industry certifications, or a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
Our Fantastic Benefits
Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.
Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
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