Platform Security Engineer

ITHAKA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Employer-paid 10% retirement

Parental and caregiver leave

22 days paid time off

11 paid holidays

Paid sick days

Job summary

ITHAKA is seeking a Platform Security Engineer to mature our DevSecOps practices by embedding security into software delivery, infrastructure, and developer workflows. You will automate security checks, integrate tooling, and drive secure-by-default patterns across engineering teams.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Product Engineering, you will partner with architects and platform stakeholders to reduce risk through automation and standardization, enabling secure, scalable product delivery.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in security engineering or related roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing security tooling and controls in modern software delivery environments.
• Experience with vulnerability management, dependency management, package governance, or software supply chain security.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, source control workflows, infrastructure automation, and cloud-based application environments.
• Ability to write scripts or automation to improve security processes and reduce manual effort.
• Strong judgment balancing risk reduction with developer experience and delivery needs.
• Clear communication with engineers, architects, and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating in a cross-functional team.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and services is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve engineering workflows and tooling for vulnerability management across applications, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure.
• Advocate for integrating security checks into software delivery pipelines and developer workflows.
• Improve dependency management and package governance for consistent risk handling.
• Evaluate, implement, and tune security tooling including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secret scanning.
• Build automation to reduce repetitive remediation work and speed secure delivery.
• Partner with teams to design secure-by-default patterns, templates, and guardrails.
• Triage findings, prioritize risks, and translate into remediation plans.
• Contribute to secure software development lifecycle practices and internal guidance.

Skills

Security engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Automation scripting

Communication

Independent work

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Secret scanning

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Platform Security Engineer

ITHAKAs mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome barriers to education. In carrying out our mission, as employees we feel a deep responsibility to members of our community and to each other, and we are committed to building and sustaining a culture where everyone can thrive.

The Role

ITHAKA is seeking a Platform Security Engineer to help mature our DevOps capabilities into DevSecOps by embedding security into software delivery, infrastructure, and developer workflows.

This role focuses on building practical engineering capabilities that help teams identify, prioritize, and remediate security risks more quickly and consistently. Rather than relying on one-off manual efforts, the Platform Security Engineer will improve automation, integrate security tooling into existing workflows, and help make secure practices the default way of working. In this role, you will partner with engineers, architects, and platform stakeholders across ITHAKA to reduce security risk through automation, standardization, and developer enablement.

This role reports to the Associate Director, Product Engineering and is a member of the Technology Enabling Services team. The role works in close partnership with the Chief Architect through a dotted-line relationship that provides technical direction, architectural guidance, and alignment on enterprise security strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve engineering workflows and tooling for vulnerability management across applications, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure.
• Advocate for integration of security checks and policy controls into software delivery pipelines and day-to-day developer workflows.
• Improve dependency management and package governance so teams can address software exposure consistently and sustainably.
• Help evaluate, implement, and tune security tooling includingSAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, and related platform controls.
• Build automation that reduces repetitive manual remediation work and speeds up secure delivery.
• Partner with engineering teams to design and promote secure-by-default patterns, templates, and guardrails.
• Work with engineers and technical leaders to triage findings, prioritize risks, and translate them into practical remediation plans.
• Contribute to secure software development lifecycle practices, documentation, and internal guidance that align with how ITHAKA teams build and operate systems.
• Measure the effectiveness and adoption of security controls and recommend practical improvements over time.

Experience and Skills

• 3-5 years of experience in security engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or a closely related technical role.
• Hands-on experience implementing security tooling and controls in modern software delivery environments.
• Experience with vulnerability management, dependency management, package governance, or software supply chain security.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, source control workflows, infrastructure automation, and cloud-based application environments.
• Ability to write scripts or automation to improve security processes and reduce manual effort.
• Strong judgment about balancing risk reduction, developer experience, and delivery needs.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with engineers, architects, and other business stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively as part of a cross-functional team, managing substantive technical work, and guiding peers in an area of specialty.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and services, and common engineering tooling used in modern product organizations is helpful.
• Experience using AI-enabled tooling in this area is beneficial but not required.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) to work in the United States.

Compensation and Benefits

At ITHAKA we believe in openness and fair pay. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $110,000 to $120,000 per year. Starting pay may vary with job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At present, our total compensation package for benefits-eligible employees includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer-paid 10% retirement contribution, paid parental and caregiver leave, 22 days of paid time off, 11 paid holidays, up to 12 paid sick days, wellness benefits, and more. Please note that ITHAKA, at its discretion, may make changes to its benefits programs from time to time.

Work for ITHAKA

We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust. We take seriously the need for everyone to feel welcome. Belonging is one of our core values, and it shows in our vibrant culture. People from a wide range of backgrounds work at ITHAKA, and we believe that unique perspectives help us realize new insights and build better solutions.

We want to work with people who are passionate about ideas like these and who wish to contribute their perspectives and talents to ITHAKAs mission. We enthusiastically welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and credentials. We want to hear your story and include your perspective in the transformative work we aim to do.

Learn more about Working at ITHAKA.

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