Senior Security Engineer

Salary Range: 170980 to 206687 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Responsibilities

• Cloud Security Architecture & Posture Management Design and enforce security baselines for AWS services, network segmentation, containerized workloads, and IAM. Leverage modern cloud security technologies to monitor for configuration drift and anomalous activity.
• Secure CI/CD Enablement Embed automated security controls into build and deployment pipelines and enforce secure infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform).
• Cloud Threat Detection & Monitoring Develop and tune detection logic for cloud and infrastructure threats; integrate logs with SIEM for security observability.
• Identity & Access Governance Implement least privilege, zero-trust principles, and centralized access governance across infrastructure and internal tools.
• Vulnerability Management Own vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation for infrastructure components and dependencies.
• Incident Response Leadership Act as a primary technical lead for cloud/infrastructure security incidents and root cause analysis.
• Compliance Alignment Contribute to security audits, control validation, and evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other frameworks.
• Cross-Team Enablement Partner with SRE to ensure reliability and security guardrails align without slowing delivery.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a security engineer or related role, including 4+ years specializing in cloud and infrastructure security.
• Advanced expertise of AWS security architecture, IAM, ZTNA, and secure multi-tenant SaaS designs.
• Strong communication and ability to influence technical decisions across teams.
• Hands-on experience securing containers and orchestration frameworks (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes).
• Strong programming and scripting skills (Python preferred) for automation and tooling.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code environments.
• Deep understanding of detection strategies, logging, and incident response for cloud workloads.
• Proven ability to lead incident response for cloud and infrastructure security events.
• Familiarity leveraging Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) tooling.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and cloud security benchmarks (CIS, CSA CCM).

Benefits

• (US-ONLY) 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
• Flexible vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
• Enjoy a one-time expense on your 1-year work anniversary (to use for travel, home furnishings, fancy meal)
• (US-ONLY) 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
• Newest Apple products to help you do your best work
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ. ERGs directly support our company-wide DEI goals as a space for developing and retaining diverse talent

Notice to Prospective Candidates

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• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and maintaining system uptime.