Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Location: Boston, MA

Type: Hybrid 3 days onsite required

Contract: 6+ months with extensions

Roles & Responsibilities

• 5+ years of experience across security engineering, software engineering, or data engineering
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, or similar
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and modern infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, containers, IaC)
• Background in centralized logging, SIEM tools, and data pipeline development
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and CI/CD automation
• Understanding of threat actor behaviors, tactics, and techniques
• Proven experience detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate and provide technical direction
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to make independent decisions
• Interest in applying AI/ML to cybersecurity challenges
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current in the field

Technical Skills

• The team is particularly focused on candidates with experience in modern cloud security platforms, with a strong preference for Wiz. However, comparable tools such as CrowdStrike or similar cloud/endpoint security solutions are also highly relevant.
• Additional exposure includes:
• AWS security and cloud-native controls
• Identity and access management tools such as Okta
• Endpoint and device management, including Mac and mobile environments
• Building and scaling detection capabilities

Core Responsibilities

• Build and enhance scalable detection capabilities using an engineering-first approach
• Develop and maintain systems that identify and mitigate threats across the organization
• Create detection logic as code (rule-based and ML-driven), incorporating automated testing and deployment pipelines
• Manage incident response end-to-end, including monitoring, triage, and resolution (on-call participation required)
• Improve detection and response processes through automation and AI-driven solutions
• Ingest and structure security telemetry to support efficient querying, analytics, and investigations
• Monitor evolving threats and implement controls to address new and emerging risks
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate security into cloud-native architectures

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Detection as Code frameworks
• Strong foundation in data engineering or data science concepts
• Experience building detection-focused data pipelines
• Familiarity with analytics-driven or metrics-based security approaches (e.g., precision/recall)