Security Engineer (Bangkok Based, Relocation Support)

About the role

This role is for a Senior Security Engineer who will secure Agoda's cloud and platform environments. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering teams and focus on building, reviewing, and operating security controls using Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and custom security services written in Go and TypeScript.

Key Responsibilities

• Secure Cloud Deployment: Design, implement, and manage secure cloud deployments across AWS and GCP environments using Terraform.
• Kubernetes & GitOps Security: Deploy and manage both internal and third-party security products within the Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Work with GitOps workflows using tools like Argo CD and Flux, and Helm charts.
• Security Automation & Tooling: Design and build security tooling and services using Go and TypeScript.
• Misconfiguration Management: Proactively identify, analyze, and remediate cloud misconfigurations.
• Cloud Architecture Guidance: Provide guidance to Engineering teams on secure architecture.
• Threat Detection & Response: Build and optimize cloud-native detection rules and alerting pipelines to monitor for suspicious activities within the cloud and container workloads.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, or platform engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience securing production workloads in AWS and GCP.
• Strong experience designing and securing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes security, including troubleshooting Helm deployments and GitOps-based workflows.
• Strong programming skills in Go and TypeScript, with Python used for automation where appropriate.
• Experience embedding security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Experience with Policy-as-Code frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA).
• Experience securing service mesh environments (Istio).