Hands-On Security Lead for AI/Data Platforms

Doist; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunset is seeking a security-focused, hands-on engineer to own and evolve our company-wide security program across products and cloud systems. You will model risks, implement controls, and lead incident response, ensuring secure delivery and auditable processes.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to embed security from the ground up, driving safer by design and measurable risk reduction.

Qualifications

• Hands-on security engineer with production systems experience.
• Strong ability to design and implement security controls across multiple product lines.
• Experience coordinating with legal, privacy, and compliance teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish and own Sunset's security program across products and cloud systems.
• Threat-model product, data, and workflows; oversee implementation and verification.
• Build and improve controls for identity, access, data handling, and secure delivery.
• Define workforce security requirements for accounts, onboarding, offboarding, and vendor access.
• Lead security incidents and exercises, including containment and lessons learned.
• Create secure defaults, tooling, and triggers enabling independent teams.
• Maintain evidence for SOC 2, customer security reviews, and audits.

Skills

Security program design

Threat modeling

Incident response

Cloud security

Job description

Sunset is seeking a security-focused, hands-on engineer to own and evolve our company-wide security program across products and cloud systems. You will model risks, implement controls, and lead incident response, ensuring secure delivery and auditable processes.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to embed security from the ground up, driving safer by design and measurable risk reduction.