Security Engineer, Enterprise Security

Position: Staff Security Engineer, Enterprise Security
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Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We're searching for a Staff Security Engineer - Enterprise Security.

In this role, you will

* Define and champion Aurora's enterprise security architecture strategy, roadmap, and target-state operating model across enterprise and backend operational security domains.

* Develop enterprise security reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for endpoint security, network security, infrastructure security, enterprise vulnerability management, data protection, resilience, enterprise platforms, and security tooling.

* Translate security strategy, governance requirements, and business priorities into scalable technical architecture and implementation guidance.

* Partner with GRC to operationalize security policies, standards, and control objectives into practical enterprise security architectures.

* Support and influence Aurora's broader Enterprise Architecture Committee by representing enterprise security priorities, technical standards, and strategic design principles.

* Participate in architecture review boards, design committees, and strategic planning forums to ensure enterprise security alignment across major initiatives.

* Architect secure solutions for workforce platforms, enterprise systems, internal infrastructure, and backend operational ecosystems using Zero Trust principles and modern security frameworks.

* Guide enterprise security design for endpoint security, network security, PKI, enterprise vulnerability management, BCP/DR, data security, enterprise infrastructure, and security tooling modernization.

* Provide architectural oversight for major enterprise security initiatives, ensuring scalability, interoperability, governance alignment, and reduced fragmentation.

* Partner with Security Engineering, GRC, Cloud Security, IT, Product Security, and IAM teams to align technical security capabilities while maintaining clear domain boundaries.

* Identify architectural gaps, capability overlaps, and opportunities to streamline enterprise security investments.

* Help shape long-term strategy for enterprise security capabilities, including emerging needs related to AI security, automation, infrastructure modernization, and operational resilience.

* Support security tooling strategy by evaluating architectural fit, integration models, and long-term scalability of enterprise security platforms.

* Establish and maintain enterprise security design documentation, architecture diagrams, reference standards, and technical governance artifacts.

* Guide enterprise security maturity by aligning architecture to frameworks such as Zero Trust, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOX, SOC 2, and broader operational resilience objectives.

* Serve as a strategic advisor to Enterprise Security leadership on architecture, maturity, organizational scaling, and strategic technical investments.

* Support Enterprise Security leadership with strategic technical narratives that improve executive and business understanding of enterprise security investments.

Required Qualifications

* 10+ years of professional experience in Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, Security Engineering, or related technical leadership capacities.

* 5+ years specifically focused on designing enterprise-scale security architectures across diverse domains, including endpoint, network, infrastructure, vulnerability management, resilience, and enterprise platforms.

* Demonstrated success in developing enterprise security architecture strategies, reference architectures, and scalable technical standards.

* Extensive technical depth in Zero Trust principles, enterprise security frameworks, and modern backend or enterprise security architecture design patterns.

* Comprehensive knowledge of core enterprise security domains, including endpoint security, network security, PKI, enterprise vulnerability management, resilience, data protection, and governance integration.

* Proven ability to translate governance, compliance, and strategic business requirements into actionable technical architecture and implementation guidance.

* Experience representing security interests within architecture review boards, governance committees, or enterprise-wide design councils.

* Advanced familiarity with enterprise infrastructure, SaaS ecosystems, internal…