Senior Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• This role blends strategic partnership, hands-on engineering, infrastructure security, and automation
• Empower engineers with safe‑by‑default tooling, ensuring engineering velocity by automating security requirements and building robust guardrails
• Design and implement scalable systems and controls to secure our cloud infrastructure effectively
• Collaborate closely with engineering and security teams to drive the deployment of critical security enhancements and control changes across our cloud infrastructure
• Build enduring, high‑trust partnerships with colleagues across the Engineering organization
• Assist in investigating and responding to security events, then work with teams to guide and improve their security practices
• Conduct security assessments for third‑party integrations and emerging AI tools, ensuring that business productivity does not compromise data integrity or compliance

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and security features, particularly AWS (IAM, EC2, VPC, container services like ECR, ECS, and EKS), with foundational knowledge of Azure and/or GCP
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to critically and objectively assess complex security risks
• Excited to collaborate with cross‑functional teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable systems
• Proven experience with a CNAPP or similar cloud security tool (e.g., Wiz, Orca Security, Lacework, Upwind)
• You are comfortable guiding and educating development teams to achieve stronger security outcomes
• You can clearly communicate complex security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques to diverse audiences
• Knowledge of core security principles such as the principle of least privilege, defense‑in‑depth, and security monitoring
• Experience:
  
  At least 5+ years of experience in a security‑related role, with at least 2+ years specifically focused on cloud security
• Experience with threat modeling and architectural review processes; you have a track record of identifying potential attack vectors early in the development lifecycle
• Automation is your default approach to security. You understand the unique challenges of securing systems at scale and consistently leverage automation to solve them
• Strong understanding of Azure services and how to secure them
• You possess a proactive mindset, adept at identifying and resolving security gaps or inefficiencies through innovative automation and tooling
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go) for automation
• Expertise in securing cloud platforms, particularly AWS and Azure
• Experience with GCP, OCI and multi‑cloud networks and infrastructure, especially when designing cloud‑agnostic systems