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Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hybrid
Yext is the leading global enterprise agentic marketing platform. For over 15 years, the world's most recognized brands in financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food have relied on us to keep their brand visible, accurate, and ahead of the competition across every search and AI surface that matters.
We drive customer value through our technology, competitive intelligence, and agentic capabilities to win in an AI-first world. Our partners count on us for strategic, proactive guidance and capabilities, and that distinction shapes everything we build.
Our team takes ownership, challenges each other's thinking, and turns ideas into results without waiting for a playbook. Those who perform at Yext are rewarded with increased scope, opportunities to tackle complex challenges, broader responsibilities, and meaningful development that enables them to grow alongside a company expanding through both product innovation and strategic acquisitions. The market is racing to adapt to AI, and Yext is at the forefront of that shift. Our ambitions are big, our innovation is accelerating, and the opportunity in front of us is enormous. If you want to do the most important work of your career, come join us!
Yext is actively seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer reporting to the Manager of Product Security within the Cyber Security Office. This role will serve as a core pillar of our Product and Infrastructure Security program, shifting our focus toward robust Cloud Security automation, container security, and Security as Code. The role will enable product, engineering, IT, and security teams to make the right architectural decisions by implementing automated security controls, managing advanced cloud security tools, and leading security incident response efforts. In this role, you will also assist other Cyber Security leaders in driving a culture of security awareness within Yext, promote DevSecOps best practices, and champion cloud compliance initiatives.
In today's dynamic threat environment, software firms are increasingly acknowledged as a highly-targeted industry for cyberattacks due to the confidentiality and sensitivity of customer data, as well as the immediacy in which that data is needed to perform their operational duties. Given Yext’s vital role within the software ecosystem, protection of data is paramount in ensuring high-trust relationships with customers, partners, and vendors.
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Yext is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a results-driven, engaging culture where every employee has the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Company, perform at the highest possible level, and grow their skills and capabilities. Yext welcomes employees and applicants of all backgrounds and demographics, and does not engage in discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic recognized under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. The Company believes a broad variety of life experiences across the Yext team is critical to its mission to help every business in the world be visible everywhere customers search. By seeking out fresh perspectives and fostering a positive interview experience and employee experience, Yext can remain at the forefront of innovation, and better serve its customers.
It is Yext’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities as required by applicable law. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the employee selection process, please complete this form.
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