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Job Description

As an Infrastructure Security Engineer II, you will help protect the organization’s infrastructure by defining strong security guardrails and enabling secure, end-to-end pathways through close collaboration with infrastructure and security teams. The role emphasizes secure defaults and automated security execution across the delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Implement robust security controls across the development and deployment ecosystem, including AWS, Containers and Service Mesh, Data Stores, AI & ML, Network & Traffic, and Supply Chain.
  • Support a secure transition for platform and infrastructure teams toward a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate security engineering, including prototyping detections and automations, strengthening investigation workflows, and improving team processes.
  • Lead data security initiatives to improve organizational data protection, with a focus on compliance and resilience.
  • Define and share actionable security metrics that provide clear visibility and guide continuous improvements.
  • Address complex security challenges by quickly identifying critical issues and driving resolution.
  • Participate in security design reviews and threat modeling exercises to reduce the likelihood of vulnerabilities reaching production.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in security or software engineering within a cloud environment.
  • Proficiency with Python or Go for security-related development tasks.
  • Comfort using AI tools to speed up investigation, analysis, detection engineering, and security automation, including the ability to apply strong judgment, validate results, and recognize when deeper manual review is necessary.
  • In-depth knowledge of AWS security controls and services.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a high-pace environment, prioritizing meaningful problems and independently delivering solutions.

Technologies

  • AWS
  • Containers
  • Service Mesh
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Data Stores
  • AI & ML
  • Python
  • Go

Location and Compensation

  • Location: New York, NY (onsite)
  • Salary: USD 135,000 - 225,000 per year

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus benefits and equity
  • Pay range for this role is 135,000 - 225,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)

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