Sr Security Technologist - Risk & Compliance

About the Role As a Senior Security Technologist on the team, you will help lead security diligence, integration, and operational security efforts for acquisitions, strategic investments, and subsidiary environments. You will collaborate with subsidiary security personnel to uplift their security operations to Uber minimum standards post-acquisition. This role combines advisory, operational, and hands‑on security engineering responsibilities, including automation, incident response, and pragmatic risk management in fast-moving, evolving environments. Successful candidates are excited to build practical solutions, improve security operations, and help teams navigate complex integration challenges. You will write code using approved AI tooling, automate workflows, deploy security tooling to subsidiary environments, integrate systems, improve telemetry visibility, and help operationalize security capabilities across newly acquired target companies and evolving environments. You will also help respond to security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired companies, partnering closely with internal security teams and business stakeholders to rapidly reduce risk and improve resilience. The ideal candidate is comfortable: building automation and integrations, investigating security incidents, deploying security tooling, leveraging AI-assisted engineering workflows, and communicating technical risk to leadership. You’ll be successful in this role if you enjoy solving technical problems, collaborating across teams, and building practical security solutions in evolving environments. Travel may occasionally be required to support acquisition diligence or integration efforts, but is generally infrequent and based on business needs. What You’ll Do Assess the cyber security maturity of acquisition targets across infrastructure, on‑prem, cloud, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and engineering environments Identify key technical and operational risks, domain specific security gaps, and integration challenges associated with acquired organizations Design and implement scalable security integrations for newly acquired companies and subsidiaries Build automation, tooling, and workflows to accelerate security onboarding and operational visibility Write code and scripts to integrate systems, normalize telemetry, automate remediation activities, and improve operational efficiency Use AI-assisted engineering and automation techniques to improve analysis, integration, and security operations workflows Deploy and operationalize security services such as: endpoint detection and response (EDR) vulnerability management logging and telemetry collection Incident Response Monitoring for Subsidiaries identity and access management device management cloud security monitoring asset inventory and visibility tooling Partner with Engineering Security, Enterprise Security, Cloud Security, Security Response and Investigations, Information Technology (IT) Privacy, Legal, Corporate Development, and business stakeholders during acquisition and integration activities Respond to and help coordinate security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired entities Support containment, remediation, recovery, and long‑term hardening efforts during incident response scenarios Basic Qualifications 5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure security, detection and response, or related technical security roles Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience Hands‑on engineering and troubleshooting experience in modern enterprise environments Experience applying risk management principles in complex cybersecurity environments, including both cloud and on‑premises infrastructure. Experience writing code or automation using languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar Experience integrating or deploying security technologies in cloud or enterprise environments Experience working with modern cloud infrastructure and SaaS ecosystems Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern automation techniques Experience supporting or responding to security incidents Understanding of: cloud infrastructure and security identity and access management endpoint security vulnerability management logging and telemetry systems enterprise SaaS platforms networking fundamentals Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences Comfort navigating evolving priorities and collaborating across teams in fast‑moving environments Preferred Qualifications: Strong information assurance management principles and practices Assess security risk across interconnected cloud and on‑premises environments. Understand how security controls interact, overlap, and compensate for one another. Apply risk‑based decision‑making to evaluate control effectiveness and overall security posture. Partner with technical and business teams to align security requirements with operational needs Experience building internal security tooling or operational automation platforms Experience integrating acquired environments into centralized security operations Familiarity with detection engineering, SIEM platforms, or telemetry pipelines Experience assessing engineering and software development security practices Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code or cloud automation frameworks Experience using LLMs or AI tooling to improve engineering or security workflows Incident response, investigative, and problem‑solving experience Written communication and program management experience Ability to balance pragmatic execution with long‑term security strategy For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year – USD $200,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year – USD $200,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year – USD $200,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber’s bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full‑time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. Ready to Ride? This isn’t the kind of place where you follow a playbook – it’s where you help write one. If you’re driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves – we’d love to hear from you. You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits. ( Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber’s culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in‑office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full‑time in‑office presence. 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