Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer

Role overview

This senior role combines infrastructure engineering with security operations. You’ll strengthen cloud and Kubernetes foundations while improving incident response, secure development practices, and continuity planning. The work spans hands-on platform operations and security processes that help engineering teams deliver reliable services.

Responsibilities

- Lead incident response activities and refine procedures for managing and resolving security incidents. - Improve the software development lifecycle with vulnerability scanning, timely remediation, and security guidance for engineers. - Build tools and processes to make customer security assessments more efficient. - Assess business continuity risks, develop recovery plans, and coordinate recurring exercises. - Automate infrastructure operations and deployments, and support new services with partner teams. - Operate and improve cloud, Kubernetes, observability, and performance monitoring environments.

Requirements

- At least five years managing cloud infrastructure and automation. - At least three years working with cloud platforms and three years managing Kubernetes in production; Google Cloud experience is preferred. - Experience supporting SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, or comparable certification efforts. - Experience building backend services with Node.js or Python in a microservices environment. - Familiarity with asynchronous processing, message queues, and event-driven systems. - A service-oriented approach to helping internal engineering teams succeed.

Nice to have

Experience with Terraform, Argo, GitHub Actions, GKE, Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, or k6.

Benefits and work setup

The listed annual salary range is $170,000–$210,000. The total compensation package includes stock options, benefits, and additional perks; the offer may vary with location, experience, and expertise.