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Senior Security Engineer

RemoteUnited States only
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Role
Security
Experience
Senior
$190k–$220k/yr
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Senior security engineer with 4+ years, strong AWS/cloud-native infrastructure, SIEM detection engineering, and alert investigation experience. Must be US-based remote and able to automate work in Python or TypeScript.

Core skills

AWSPantherPython/TypeScript

Required skills

SIEMCloudTrailVPC Flow LogsGuardDutyAWS ConfigVPCSecurity GroupsTerraform

Optional skills

KubernetesEKS

What you'll do

  • Write, tune, and maintain detections in the SIEM (Panther) across cloud, container, and SaaS log sources, keeping coverage broad and alerts high-signal.
  • Run the SIEM day to day: onboard log sources, manage detection quality, and reduce false positives so real signals stand out.
  • Triage and investigate security alerts from raw log to conclusion, and help execute incident-response playbooks.
  • Run cloud security operations in AWS: investigate GuardDuty and Wiz findings, tighten configurations, and close cloud misconfigurations.
  • Own and improve GitHub organization security controls as code.
  • Partner on network and infrastructure security: help onboard network telemetry, support egress monitoring, and provide backup depth alongside the infrastructure security engineer.
  • Help build and extend the team's security-automation tooling.
  • Write runbooks so detection and response are repeatable rather than tribal knowledge.
  • Contribute to security design reviews and RFCs, and give substantive security feedback on pull requests.
  • Support the Vulnerability Management program with triage and exploitability assessment as volume requires.

What they require

  • 4+ years in security engineering, with solid hands-on experience in AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Direct experience writing and tuning detections in a modern SIEM (Panther or similar) and reasoning about detection coverage.
  • Experience investigating security alerts from raw log to a defensible conclusion.
  • The ability to design and deliver medium-complexity security work independently.
  • Code fluency in Python or TypeScript to automate your work.
  • Familiarity with cloud logging and observability (CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs) and AWS security services (GuardDuty, AWS Config).
  • Solid AWS network security fundamentals (VPC, security groups, egress controls) and Terraform, enough to partner on and back up network and infrastructure security work.
  • Clear writing; you leave behind runbooks and tickets others can follow.
  • Design detections and operational tooling for maintainability, so the work stays reliable and easy for the team to extend.
  • An ownership mindset: you close loops rather than drop them.
  • Preferred: Startup experience, especially in health tech or another regulated, data-sensitive environment.
  • Preferred: Incident-response experience, or a strong interest in growing into it.
  • Preferred: Network security depth beyond fundamentals (VPC design, segmentation, Transit Gateway, firewall/egress architecture).
  • Preferred: Container security exposure.
  • Preferred: Interest in AI and agentic security and in building security automation.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision – Comprehensive plans with leading insurance providers, covering 75% of your premiums, depending on the plan.
  • Paid Parental Leave – Generous paid leave to support families through birth or adoption: Up to 12 weeks for parents.
  • Remote-First Team – Work from anywhere in the U.S.
  • Unlimited PTO & 10 Holidays – So you can relax and recharge.
  • 401(k) with Traditional & Roth Options – Tax-advantaged retirement savings through Fidelity with a 4% match.
  • Minimal Bureaucracy – A fast-moving, high-impact environment where you can focus on what matters.
  • Incredible Teammates! – Work alongside smart, supportive, and mission-driven colleagues.

Healthcare Technology

HealthcareStartup

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