Staff Platform Security Engineer (Security)

Jobgether - United States

Hiring: Staff Platform Security Engineer (Security) Company: Jobgether Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:19:20 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, ArgoCD, Blockchain, CI/CD, CloudFormation, Datadog, EKS, GDPR, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Helm, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Istio, Kubernetes, OIDC, Pulumi, Python, RBAC, Rust, Terraform, TypeScript About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in platform security, cloud security, infrastructure security, security engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. Required Skills: •Own security across AWS and Kubernetes, securing identities, workloads, control planes, deployment systems, and mission-critical infrastructure. •Work closely with Infrastructure, SRE, Developer Experience, and engineering teams to build practical controls that strengthen security without slowing product delivery. •Also help shape an AI-native security function by applying automation and AI-assisted workflows where they can meaningfully improve security coverage and response speed. Qualifications: •Bring 7+ years of experience in platform security, cloud security, infrastructure security, security engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. •Have deep, hands-on experience securing production AWS environments, including IAM and resource policies, workload identity, network security, secrets management, logging, organization-level controls, and common cloud security failure modes. •Demonstrate strong production Kubernetes security experience, preferably with Amazon EKS, including RBAC, workload identity, admission policies, network policies, pod security, secrets, and cluster hardening. •Have experience designing or securing mission-critical systems where compromise, excessive privilege, or loss of availability could create significant customer or business impact. •Possess a strong understanding of identity, authorization, least privilege, isolation, and blast-radius reduction across both human and machine access. •Have experience securing CI/CD and software supply chains, including GitHub Actions or similar platforms, build runners, workload federation, artifacts, and production deployment paths. •Be experienced in writing and reviewing infrastructure as code using tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable technologies. •Be able to write production-quality code or automation in a language such as TypeScript, Python, Go, or Rust. •Demonstrate high agency and ownership, with the ability to take ambiguous platform-security problems from initial investigation through implementation and verified remediation. •Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with infrastructure and engineering teams while maintaining a high security standard and balancing practical delivery needs. Compensation: •$200,000 - $250,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!