Security Operations Engineer

🛡️ Security Operations Engineer | United States | Hybrid

Pax8 is hiring a Security Operations Engineer in the United States to strengthen security across our global cloud marketplace through intelligent detection, decisive response, and practical engineering.

🔐 Build, Protect and Innovate

Join a global Security Operations team tackling the challenges reshaping modern cybersecurity, from increasingly sophisticated attacks to the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across the business.

This is more than an alert-response role. You’ll investigate and mitigate threats, build security tools and detections, improve controls, and help secure how Pax8 develops and uses emerging technology. You’ll gain the autonomy to shape meaningful security outcomes while growing alongside new tools, changing threats, and an ambitious global organization.

📍 Hybrid | Denver Tech Center preferred | Typically two days per week in the office

Life at Pax8

We combine the energy of a technology scale-up with the reach of a global cloud marketplace. Our people value curiosity, practical innovation, shared ownership, and straightforward collaboration.

Explore the Pax8 US website and learn more about our mission, culture and people.

⚙️ What You’ll Take Ownership Of

• Lead the investigation of security events, from initial detection and technical validation through containment, remediation, and closure.
• Analyze signals from endpoint, corporate, cloud, managed detection, and other security platforms to determine what matters and what action is needed.
• Serve as a trusted security resource during local business hours while contributing to the team’s incident-response and on-call coverage.
• Build and improve detections that help Pax8 identify attacks, suspicious activity, fraud, and emerging risks earlier.
• Create scripts and internal security tools using technologies such as Python and PowerShell, with artificial intelligence supporting rather than replacing sound engineering judgment.
• Work with information technology, development operations, and engineering teams to identify and resolve threats across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Assess vulnerabilities in context, determine their likely impact, and guide teams toward proportionate remediation.
• Strengthen vulnerability management through better controls, tooling, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination.
• Support data loss prevention, insider-risk management, file-exfiltration controls, and wider compliance requirements.
• Monitor relevant threat intelligence and translate complex developments into clear, useful briefings for internal and external audiences.
• Help identify and reduce fraud affecting Pax8 and the managed service providers within our partner ecosystem.
• Share expertise across the global Security Operations team, helping colleagues build capability and respond consistently.

The Impact You’ll Make

Your work will help Pax8 respond confidently to threats across a global business operating across multiple regions and cloud environments. You’ll improve the technology behind our defenses, strengthen the way teams manage risk, and help protect Pax8, our people, and our partners.

You’ll also influence how security keeps pace with rapid product innovation and artificial intelligence adoption, ensuring new ideas can move forward with thoughtful, effective safeguards.

⭐ What You’ll Bring

• Substantial cybersecurity experience gained in complex enterprise environments, including work as a senior individual contributor or technical leader.
• Proven ownership of security incidents from detection through investigation, remediation, stakeholder coordination, and closure.
• Broad Security Operations knowledge, combined with depth in areas such as incident response, cloud security, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, fraud detection, or data protection.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies such as Defender, Entra, Exchange, and Purview.
• Practical knowledge of cloud security across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience using cloud security posture management tools such as Wiz or cloud-native security platforms.
• Demonstrated scripting or development capability using Python, PowerShell, or comparable technologies.
• The ability to use artificial intelligence tools thoughtfully while understanding, reviewing, and improving the underlying code.
• Experience partnering effectively with information technology, development operations, engineering, compliance, and business teams.
• A calm, structured approach to high-pressure or uncertain security situations.
• The ability to explain risk clearly to people with different technical backgrounds and guide them toward action.
• Clear written communication skills, including the ability to produce concise security intelligence and incident documentation.
• A degree in a relevant field, equivalent practical experience, or a combination of both.
• Cybersecurity certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional are beneficial.
• Knowledge of relevant standards and regulations, such as International Organization for Standardization 27001, System and Organization Controls 2, and applicable data-protection requirements, is beneficial.

Trust Starts with How We Hire

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritizing applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

Bring Your Perspective

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in United States.

💙 Total Rewards and Benefits

At Pax8 we believe that your Total Rewards should include a benefits package that shows how much we value our greatest assets. All FTE Pax8 people enjoy the following benefits:

• 401(k) with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employer-Paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Open PTO
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• RTD EcoPass (eligible Colorado-based employees)

🏔️ Pax8 Denver Office Environment

• Amazing location at the heart of Denver Tech Center
• Views directly into Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre with the occasional sound check concert mid-day
• Breath taking Colorado Mountain view from over half of the office.
• Spacious sit to stand desks, state of the art 34-inch curved screens, and cell phone chargers
• Cafe Eight Barista bar for fueling bodies and ideas
• 3 State-of-the-art Top Brewer Coffee Machines
• Mini Market with a curated selection of grab-and-go snacks, a soda fridge,
• Large communal lunch area with catered lunch twice a week
• Wellness rooms for both body and mind
• Games area with arcade games, a ping pong table and high energy music
• Regular social, cultural and networking events
• Building Amenities: curated art gallery and elevated fitness center

Grow Your Career at Pax8

There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organization. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential. Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive — and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level.

Why Pax8?

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organization with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.

Pre-Employment Checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal Opportunities

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/

Expected Base Salary Comp Range: $100,000-$130,000

Application Deadline: 11/30/26

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust‑based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change.
By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you’re applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we’re excited to meet you. 

Perks:

At Pax8 we believe that your Total Rewards should include a benefits package that shows how much we value our greatest assets. All FTE Pax8 people enjoy the following benefits:

• 401(k) with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employer-Paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Open PTO
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• RTD EcoPass (eligible Colorado-based employees)

Please take a moment to review our Proprietary Rights and Non-Competition Agreement — this document outlines important information about your rights and responsibilities if you join our team.

Job Applicant Privacy Notice