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Security Engineer, Browser & Laptop - Paranoids

Yahoo · United States of America · On-site

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About the role

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Reporting: Surface actionable fleet risk posture, trend data, and compliance metrics to security leadership
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical security experience
  • 3+ years of experience in Information Security, with a focus on endpoint security, security operations, or security risk analysis (distinct from pure IT help desk or general desktop support)
  • Proven understanding of browser security models, enterprise browser policy controls (Chrome Enterprise / Google Workspace), and browser extension risk evaluation (manifest permissions, content scripts)
  • Solid grounding in application-level endpoint security: managing software allowlists/blocklists and execution policies on macOS and Windows (e.g., Santa, Microsoft App Control for Business/WDAC, AppLocker)
  • Familiarity with enterprise browser security or zero-trust access platforms (e.g., Spin.AI, LayerX, Island, Talon, NordLayer, or similar)
More about this role

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A Little About Us

Yahoo reaches hundreds of millions of people every day, and that scale makes us a constant target for attackers of every kind, at every layer of our systems. Our job is to protect our users and make Yahoo one of the safest places on the Internet. We are the information security team at Yahoo, known as The Paranoids.

Within Cyber Resilience, our team is responsible for the security of the laptops and browsers Yahoo employees use every day, and we’re growing the team to take that program further.

A Lot About You

We’re looking for a security-minded professional who wants to own an endpoint and browser security program end-to-end. You will act as our primary authority on security risk across our laptop and browser fleet. You don't need to be building deployment packages or running day-to-day MDM plumbing—our dedicated Client Engineering partners manage device enrollment, MDM...

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