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Senior Security Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
103 days ago
Salary
$115K - $145K / year
Job Description
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, DevSecOps, or infrastructure security roles.
- Deep technical understanding of cloud security (AWS, OCI) and on-prem environments.
- Experience with container security, CI/CD hardening, key/secret management, and secure software development practices.
- Hands-on experience with security audits and penetration testing, whether conducted in-house or via third parties.
- Proven ability to create and execute security certification roadmaps (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, etc.).
- Strong documentation practices; able to write clear runbooks, security policies, and architecture diagrams.
- Comfortable working in highly customized, complex environments.
- Strong understanding of Linux, networking, authentication, and monitoring.
- Ability to operate autonomously while collaborating across multiple disciplines and technical stacks.
- Experience using AI or ML tools to enhance security initiatives, such as accelerating threat detection, automating security monitoring, improving anomaly detection, or integrating AI-driven platforms into incident response workflows.
- Nice to Have
- Experience with security in regulated environments such as healthcare, biotech, or genomics (e.g., HIPAA, GINA, 21 CFR Part 11), ideally within rapidly scaling consumer health or healthtech platforms handling sensitive user data.
- Familiarity with securing ecommerce platforms, including fraud prevention and secure checkout workflows.
- Hands-on experience with penetration testing tools (e.g., Burp Suite, Metasploit) or managing third-party pen test vendors.
- Security certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, or AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
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