Senior Security Engineer

. Implement, maintain, and improve security controls across AWS environments.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloud

Key responsibilities & impact

Implement, maintain, and improve security controls across AWS environments.
Support secure configuration of IAM, logging, monitoring, networking, and cloud services.
Operate and improve vulnerability management processes across infrastructure, applications, containers, and dependencies.
Triage security findings, assign ownership, track remediation, and drive closure with engineering teams.
Support SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOM, and container security workflows using tools such as Snyk and AWS-native services.
Help integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
Track remediation of penetration testing findings and validate closure of high-priority issues.
Support NIST 800-171 control implementation, evidence collection, and audit readiness activities.
Maintain accurate documentation of security controls, risks, exceptions, and remediation progress.
Support enterprise-grade security monitoring and incident response by leveraging centralized logging, alerting, and detection capabilities to identify, investigate, and respond to security events across the environment.
Assist with security monitoring, alert triage, investigation, and incident response activities.
Partner with Engineering, Platform, and IT teams to improve security processes without creating unnecessary friction.
Contribute to repeatable DevSecOps practices across teams.

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, application security, DevSecOps, or related roles.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS security concepts and services.
Experience with IAM, logging, monitoring, networking, and cloud security best practices.
Experience with vulnerability management workflows and remediation tracking.
Familiarity with application security tooling such as SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOM, and container scanning.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and secure software delivery practices.
Experience with enterprise security monitoring and incident response, including centralized logging, alerting, and investigation of security events.
Ability to work directly with engineering teams to resolve security findings.
Strong documentation, tracking, and follow-through skills.
Highly self-motivated, practical, and able to operate in a fast-moving startup environment.
Strong team player with demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive execution.
Experience with NIST 800-171 or similar security/compliance frameworks is a plus.

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWS securityIAMvulnerability managementSASTSCADASTSBOMDevSecOpsCI/CDincident response

Soft Skills

documentationtrackingfollow-throughself-motivatedteam playerownershipexecutioncommunicationcollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

NIST 800-171