Senior Security Operations Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Track
- AI Security
- Level
- Senior
- Salary
- $195K–$260K / yr
- Posted
- November 2, 2026
- Source
- Ashby
Job description
Who are we?
As a Senior Security Operations Engineer you will
- Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues
- Harden our cloud-native environments (AWS, OCI, GCP) by introducing secure by default cloud controls
- Own and drive resolutions for enabling engineers to design, build, and use infrastructure securely at scale by paving the secure path using infrastructure-as-code modules and reusable code libraries
- Manage IAM / RBAC for cloud infrastructure, and partner with IT on streamlining authentication/authorization to ensure unified access control across the board
- Deploy, integrate and operationalize security platforms and services including but not limited to SIEM, SOAR, domain monitoring, endpoint tooling, cloud security tooling
- Respond to security incidents and harden environments post-incidents.
- Support control monitoring and remediation for compliance initiatives
- Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies
- Partner empathetically with engineering teams to understand their needs and deliver practical, scalable security solutions without creating unnecessary friction.
You may be a good fit if
- 5+ years previous experience in SecOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Threat Detection & Response or software development with a strong focus on security engineering.
- You’re a hands-on security engineer interested in automating controls and building scalable solutions rather than relying on manual processes.
- You have experience in managing cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI) and Kubernetes environments
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems and SecOps workflows (Git, Terraform) in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI)
- Have practical experience with one or more of : infrastructure automation, network segmentation, system hardening, container and cloud security concepts, and security observability
- You have experience with multiple languages such as Golang and/or Python
- Are comfortable navigating ambiguity, making informed decisions with incomplete information, and adapting your approach as requirements evolve.
- You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems
- You are able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions - help build solutions and able to review what tools are available
- You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences