Role Description

This role offers a critical opportunity to safeguard and optimize cloud-based systems in a highly regulated environment. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will lead security operations, ensuring infrastructure, deployments, and access controls meet rigorous compliance standards. You will design and implement automated workflows, manage CI/CD pipelines, respond to security incidents, and maintain audit-ready documentation. This position is ideal for professionals who combine deep cloud security expertise with operational discipline and a passion for efficiency through automation. You will collaborate across engineering, product, and compliance teams to embed security best practices while supporting mission-critical systems at scale. The role provides exposure to federal or regulated environments and a chance to shape security operations with cutting-edge tools and processes.

• Maintain, improve, and secure CI/CD pipelines to support reliable deployments and operational workflows.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) changes, including reviews, approvals, and security assessments.
• Conduct security impact analyses for system and application changes, providing actionable recommendations.
• Oversee patch management, hardened images, and secure baseline operations for regulated cloud environments.
• Govern identity and access management, ensuring proper account provisioning, RBAC maintenance, and regular audits.
• Monitor, tune, and manage logging and SIEM pipelines for accurate security alerting and incident response.
• Lead incident response activities from investigation through containment, recovery, and post-mortem reporting.
• Maintain comprehensive SOPs, runbooks, and documentation to ensure consistent operations and compliance readiness.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to integrate security practices into development and operations workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering or infrastructure operations within federal or regulated cloud environments.
• Deep familiarity with NIST 800-53 controls and continuous monitoring practices.
• Proven expertise in AWS/SaaS security, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and IaC security practices.
• Hands-on experience with patch management, secure baselines, hardened images, and access management.
• Ability to manage SIEM pipelines and lead Tier 1/Tier 2 incident response efforts.
• Strong technical documentation, collaboration, and incident/project management skills.
• Nice to have: experience integrating security automation into CI/CD and SecOps workflows, federal audit support experience, and knowledge of SaaS security operations at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary range of $170,000–$200,000 USD.
• Eligible for performance-based bonus and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Opportunities to work in cutting-edge cloud security environments.
• Professional growth in a fast-paced, compliance-driven, and collaborative setting.
• Flexible work arrangements and remote work options.