2353 Information Security Engineer IV

Job Description

Job Description

For more than three decades, Strategic Data Systems (SDS) has been a software consultancy firm specializing in strategy, technology, and business transformation for Fortune 100 companies, mid-sized firms, and startups. At SDS, we empower our development teams to address our clients’ critical business challenges by leveraging cutting edge technologies. If you seek a workplace where your contributions are truly appreciated, then SDS is the company for you. Join us today to work alongside fellow development specialists and become a crucial part of our dynamic and cohesive community.

Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: CINCINNATI, OH OR DALLAS, TX HIGHLY PREFERRED!

REMOTE EST/CST

Years of Experience: 4+, at least 1+ years working with genAI

TOP SKILLS:

  Must Have

• 1+ year(s) of Gen AI related development preferred
• DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, Github, CI/CD, Terraform)
• Security background helpful!
• Python

Nice To Have

• Agile
• AWS
• AWS ECS Fargate

What You’ll Do

The Information Security Engineer (ISE) will be responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting the enterprise security tools. 

This role is specifically responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving an LLM-based code vulnerability detection and reporting capability. The initial phase is build: design and deliver the scanner, evaluation harness, and CI/CD pipelines. Once operational, the role shifts to run: patching, tuning, feature development, and sustained operational support. Finding triage and remediation ownership are out of scope for this role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a security engineer/consultant on cloud projects.
• Build and operate an LLM-based code vulnerability detection capability on AWS Bedrock, including prompt/agent design, model invocation patterns, cost and token controls, and result normalization.
• Develop and maintain the evaluation harness used to measure scanner quality, including regression corpora, repeatable test execution, and reporting on detection performance over time.
• Build and maintain scanning pipelines integrated with GitHub and Jenkins, deployed to ECS and provisioned through Terraform.
• Deliver findings and operational telemetry into Splunk; build dashboards and alerting for scanner health, coverage, and throughput.
• Engineer and implement well-architected solutions while adhering to software development best practices.
• Advise Principal Engineers and Product Owners on operations and evolution of their product.
• Design, test, and implement solutions at the Feature level.
• Support the Bank's operational information security responsibilities, including the development and maintenance of standards, procedures, and guidelines necessary to satisfy the Information Security department's operations.
• Provide ongoing operational support, patching, and defect resolution for the deployed scanner after go-live.
• Participate in a four-person rotating shift schedule providing 24/7 coverage, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours average 40 per week.
• Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance with all company and regulatory requirements.
• Understand virtualization/containerization technologies.
• Participate in operational on-call rotation within normal working hours (not eligible for overtime).
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• 4+ years of related engineering experience, including hands-on information security or software development work.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock or equivalent hosted LLM platforms, including model selection, inference optimization, and guardrail configuration.
• Demonstrated understanding of Infrastructure as Code best practices and strong experience building Terraform modules.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably Jenkins, integrated with GitHub.
• Working knowledge of application security concepts, common vulnerability classes, and SAST/SCA tooling behavior.
• Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language appropriate for each group.
• Eligible to work in the US without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated experience building on AWS, including IAM, ECS, and service-to-service authentication patterns.
• Experience with agentic or multi-step LLM workflows, including context management across large repositories.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Splunk development experience, including data onboarding, search, and dashboarding.
• Experience with containerized workloads and Linux systems.
• Experience working in Agile methodologies and development.
• Prior experience in a regulated financial services environment.
• Industry standard certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, CompTIA Security+, ISC2 CISSP, or SANS.

What You’ll Get

SDS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

• Competitive base salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Optional life and disability insurance provided
• 401(k) with a company match and optional profit sharing
• Paid vacation time
• Paid Bench time
• Training allowance offering
• You’ll be eligible to earn referral bonuses!