Senior Platform Security Engineer

Monstro

Senior Platform Security Engineer responsible for building and securing infrastructure for Monstro's AI platform. Collaboration with engineering teams to ensure compliance and operational excellence in a regulated environment.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $185,000 - $232,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help build and secure the infrastructure that powers Monstro's AI platform
Sit at the intersection of platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, security operations, and compliance
Build and maintain scalable, secure, and compliant infrastructure that enables engineering teams to move quickly with confidence
Help mature the controls, processes, and evidence required to support compliance initiatives such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Design deployment pipelines, automate infrastructure, strengthen security controls, and drive operational excellence across cloud environments
Work closely with software engineers, product teams, and leadership to establish DevSecOps practices that support both innovation and trust
Improve Kubernetes deployment workflows, respond to security alerts, prepare evidence for compliance reviews, and design infrastructure improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

7–10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Security Engineering, or related infrastructure roles
Proven experience owning and operating production cloud infrastructure in business-critical environments
Deep expertise designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available systems on GCP; experience with Azure or AWS is a plus
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and container security in production environments
Significant experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar technologies
Experience embedding security controls throughout the software development lifecycle and driving DevSecOps practices across engineering organizations
Strong understanding of cloud security architecture, identity and access management, secrets management, network security, encryption, and zero-trust principles
Hands-on experience operating production systems, including monitoring, alerting, observability, incident response, vulnerability management, SIEM tooling, threat detection, and SRE best practices.
Experience supporting compliance and governance initiatives aligned with frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, or similar standards
Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or equivalent technologies
Demonstrated ability to lead complex infrastructure, reliability, or security initiatives from design through implementation
Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-moving environment where infrastructure, security, and engineering priorities evolve rapidly
A builder's mindset with strong ownership, sound judgment, and a bias toward practical solutions that balance security, reliability, and delivery velocity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Equity
Paid health coverage
Paid vision coverage
Paid dental coverage
Paid disability coverage

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Hard Skills & Tools

Platform EngineeringDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringSecurity EngineeringGCPKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure-as-CodeTerraformPython

Soft Skills

leadershipownershipjudgmentpractical solutionsautonomycommunicationcollaborationinnovationtrustoperational excellence

Certifications

SOC 2ISO 27001NISTCIS Benchmarks