About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as an early security hire and take broad responsibility for protecting cloud-hosted production systems. You will work inside an infrastructure-focused engineering group, building monitoring and incident response capability and helping set sensible security defaults as the business grows.
What you'll do
- Take charge of the protection of cloud-hosted environments and the hosting services around them.
- Share the workload of the existing senior security engineer by absorbing infrastructure-related duties.
- Design and maintain the way credentials, secrets and permissions are managed across every service.
- Build threat detection and incident response tooling, including log analysis and automated response workflows.
- Work with software engineers to make safe configuration the default, covering identity permissions, network isolation and container orchestration controls.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 4+ years in a hands-on security or infrastructure-oriented engineering role, such as cloud security, security operations, platform work or DevSecOps.
- Background at respected technology companies or startups.
- A degree in a technical or scientific field.
- A track record of owning security outcomes for infrastructure end to end.
- Practical experience securing container orchestration environments, including access controls, policy enforcement and sensitive-data handling.
- Experience setting up and maintaining security settings across cloud environments.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week at the stated location.
Bonus points
- Prior experience as the lone or lead security practitioner at a small organization.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 215,000 to 285,000 per year
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in the office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in security or infrastructure engineering, such as cloud security, security operations, platform engineering, or DevSecOps
- Background at respected technology companies or startups
- Degree in a technical or scientific field
- Track record of owning security outcomes for infrastructure end to end
- Practical experience securing container orchestration environments, including access controls, policy enforcement, and sensitive-data handling
- Experience setting up and maintaining security settings across cloud environments
- Ability to work on-site five days per week at the stated location
- Prior experience as the lone or lead security practitioner at a small organization
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
