Sr. Security Engineer

Who We Are

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.

We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others.  We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Security Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for identifying and addressing vulnerabilities, ensuring the security and compliance of our infrastructure, and implementing best practices to ensure the protection of our systems and data. You will work to secure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information and systems. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be expected to have a deep understanding of security principles and technologies, and be able to apply them to real-world scenarios. You will be responsible for tasks such as implementing network security protocols, developing security policies, conducting security audits and risk assessments, and responding to security incidents. 

Essential Responsibilities

• Design and implement security solutions to protect the organization's systems and data
• Stay up to date on the latest security threats and vulnerabilities and implement measures to protect against them
• Investigating and aiding in security incident response
• Collaborate with other teams within the organization to improve overall security posture
• Conduct security assessments of systems, networks, and applications
• Work with a continuous security platform to help identify and prevent threats across multi-cloud environments
• Understanding and implementing security configuration and compliance policies
• Identify and fix vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies in application development
• Ensure a highly secure, compliant cloud computing architecture
• Ensure adherence to standard regulatory and compliance requirements by overseeing regular 3rd party security audits and penetration testing
• Understand customer base data security needs and applicable standard compliance requirements, and help design solutions fulfilling those requirements

Experience

• Experience with cloud-native security and understanding of cloud-native technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements (e.g. SOC2)
• Experience with modern security tools and suites like Lacework, Palo Alto, Snyk
• 3+ years of development experience in Go, Python, Terraform, or equivalent technologies
• 3+ years of experience with cloud compliance, risk management, information security, and/or common industry security standards such as COBIT, SABSA, ISO27001, and NIST
• Strong knowledge of security principles and technologies
• Experience with security testing and incident response
• CI/CD pipeline integration for tracking dependency vulnerabilities
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, excellent communication, and leadership skills
• Experience with cloud privileges, tenant isolation, and RBAC solutions at an enterprise scale
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain security infrastructure software and hardware such as vulnerability scanners, security logging, IAM, etc.
• Experience with the application of threat modeling or other risk identification techniques

Platform Science Benefits Highlights

The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurances
• AD&D and life insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• Six weeks of paid parental leave

For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees.

In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits

Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $140,240 and $174,590. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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At this time we only consider candidates in these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. In the future we plan to add more states.