Security Engineer

About This Role

This engineering job focuses on securing Agoda's cloud and platform environments. The role works closely with other engineering teams, building, reviewing, and operating security controls using Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and custom security services. It is a hands-on senior position that suits someone who wants to secure production workloads in AWS and GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage secure cloud deployments across AWS and GCP environments using Terraform
• 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
• Design and build security tooling and services using Go and TypeScript
• Proactively identify, analyze, and remediate cloud misconfigurations
• Provide guidance to Engineering teams on secure architecture
• Build and optimize cloud-native detection rules and alerting pipelines to monitor for suspicious activities within the cloud and container workloads

Requirements

• 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
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) certification

Nice to have:

• AWS Certified Security Specialty certification
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate certification
• Experience with Policy-as-Code frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• Experience securing service mesh environments (Istio)
• Background in software engineering or platform engineering before moving into security

Important Details

• Relocation Support: Provided

About the Company

Agoda bridges the world through travel, connecting people to destinations and experiences with deals across millions of hotels, holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. Part of Booking Holdings, Agoda has a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries working together in offices around the globe. Data and technology are at the heart of its culture, fueling curiosity and innovation.