Security Engineer

HealthCare Partners; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 73,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthCare Partners, LLC in Springfield, MO is hiring a Security Engineer to own the technology pipeline and participate in a real on-call rotation. The role offers a starting salary range of $73,000 to $97,000 and growth through coaching while embracing ownership of security tooling and risk assessment.

Expect a hands-on position with opportunities to optimize memory usage, profile threats, and contribute to architectural improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• Hands-on technology experience that withstands follow-up questions.
• Curiosity to sharpen your craft and adapt to changing demands.
• Grit to handle late-Friday debugging and on-call duties.
• Attention to detail that distinguishes good from great.

Responsibilities

• Tune Security Awareness Training queries to prevent MO database timeouts under load.
• Profile threat modeling memory use and root out leaks causing Springfield nodes to crash.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Build internal tooling to improve developer productivity and velocity.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.
• Keep the technology Risk Assessment service humming during Springfield's traffic spikes.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security engineering

On-call readiness

System monitoring

Performance tuning

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Come own the technology pipeline at HealthCare Partners, where the Security Engineer we hire in Springfield gets real authority and a real on-call rotation. Trade 3 years of Self-Motivation for $73,000 - $97,000 and you also get technology ownership and a HealthCare Partners crew that wants you to win.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune Security Awareness Training queries until the MO database stops timing out under load
• Profile Threat Modeling memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Springfield nodes
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for ruthlessly-focused production environments
• Keep the technology Risk Assessment service humming through Springfield's holiday traffic surge

What You'll Bring

• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• An eye for the quietly-excellent detail that separates fine from finished
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

HealthCare Partners is a results-oriented Springfield, MO studio where Threat Modeling gets treated with the seriousness most companies reserve for marketing. Our Springfield, MO culture runs on written context, generous handoffs, and very few status meetings.

From the $73,000 - $97,000 starting line, expect coaching that grows your Security Awareness Training and benefits that quietly cover the rest of life.