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Senior Security Engineer

Job in Sammamish, King County, Washington, 98075, USA
Listing for: Armada
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-03
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 157596 - 196995 USD Yearly USD 157596.00 196995.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

About the Role

You will own and drive security engineering strategy across our Azure cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and edge computing platform. This is a senior, hands-on role: you'll set direction for detection engineering, application security testing, Kubernetes hardening, and CI/CD controls, while also advising other engineers and teams on complex security decisions. You will also help define our strategic approach to securing AI/ML workloads running at the edge.

Location.

This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)
Cloud and Infrastructure Security
  • Own and evolve security architecture strategy across Azure, hybrid infrastructure, and edge deployments, guiding design decisions across teams
  • Direct the use of SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel), EDR/XDR, WAF, email security, and CSPM/CNAPP tooling, adapting approach as the environment evolves
  • Design detection rules, correlation logic, and automated response playbooks, and guide others in building their own
  • Lead incident response end-to-end, from triage through containment and remediation, serving as the senior escalation point for complex incidents
Offensive Security and Assessment
  • Lead security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing across cloud, infrastructure, and application layers
  • Test web applications and APIs for authentication and authorization flaws, business logic abuse, and OWASP Top 10 issues
  • Threat model new services and architectures before they ship, advising engineering teams on risk tradeoffs
  • Own the vulnerability lifecycle end-to-end: risk-based prioritization, SLA tracking, and remediation follow-through, holding owning teams accountable
  • Direct the integration of SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning,IaCscanning, and container image scanning into CI/CD as automated gates
  • Harden the software supply chain: build provenance, artifact signing, SBOM generation, dependency governance
  • Define and enforce guardrails as policy-as-code using Azure Policy, OPA/Gatekeeper, or Kyverno
  • Serve as a senior security reviewer for designs and code across engineering teams, influencing secure deployment practices org-wide
AI/ML Security
  • Define and lead our approach to securing AI/ML development and deployment, including model and data supply chain integrity, inference endpoint exposure, prompt injection and agentic tool abuse, and training data governance
Governance
  • Own security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, and drive their adoption across teams
  • Produce audit evidence and lead customer security assessments
  • Track emerging threats and translate them into roadmap priorities,advising leadership on risk
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field and 8+ years of experience; or Master'sdegree and 6+ years; or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years in information security, including 5+ years focused on cloud security
  • Deep, hands-onexpertisewith Azure security services including Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Entra , Key Vault, Azure Policy, and network security
  • Production experience across multiple of: SIEM, EDR/XDR, WAF, email security, CSPM/CNAPP, vulnerability management, with the judgment to adapt tooling strategy as needs evolve
  • Proven experience securing Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production at scale
  • Experience embedding security testing into CI/CD pipelines using SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, andIa Cscanning
  • Advanced application security testing experience covering web and API penetration testing and secure code review
  • Proficiency with vulnerability management platforms such as Nessus, Nexpose, Qualys, or Defender Vulnerability Management
  • Python and SQL/KQL for automation, tooling, and log analysis
  • Strong working knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, with experience applying them to real audit and compliance cycles
  • Experience leading incident response as the primary or senior responder on complex, high-stakes incidents
  • Demonstrated experience advising or mentoring other engineers on security best practices
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience securing edge, disconnected, or intermittently connected environments
  • Experience securing AI/ML or LLM-based systems, including OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and MITRE ATLAS
  • Advanced detection engineering experience: writing and tuning KQL, detection-as-code, purple team exercises
  • Infrastructure-as-code fluency with Terraform or Bicep
  • Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK for threat modeling and detection coverage mapping
  • Experience leading or supporting SOC 2 Type II or FedRAMP audit cycles
Certifications

At leastone from either group is preferred.

  • Defensive and architecture: CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), GCIH, GCIA
  • Offensive: OSCP, OSWE, OSWP, OSEE, GPEN, GWAPT, CEH

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