Security Engineer

Strivanta; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strivanta Technologies is seeking a Security Engineer to integrate security into applications, cloud environments, identity, and engineering delivery practices. You will work with engineering and cloud teams to embed security into architecture and delivery rather than review at the end.

You will contribute to threat modeling, security design reviews, identity controls, and CI/CD security checks across platforms and pipelines, aligning security with engineering goals.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in application, cloud, or infrastructure security.
• Strong understanding of modern security engineering principles.
• Experience reviewing technical architectures or software systems.
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts.
• Ability to communicate security risks in practical engineering terms.
• Experience collaborating with software or platform engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute security requirements and controls to application and cloud architectures.
• Perform threat modeling and security design reviews.
• Work with teams on identity, access, secrets, and cloud security controls.
• Help integrate security checks into CI/CD and engineering workflows.
• Identify security risks and communicate practical remediation approaches.
• Contribute to security documentation, patterns, and reusable guidance.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Identity & access management

Threat modeling

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Security architecture

Job description

Integrate security into applications, cloud environments, identity, architecture, and engineering delivery practices.

As a Security Engineer, you would work with engineering and cloud teams to make security part of architecture and delivery rather than an isolated review at the end. The role spans application security, cloud security, identity, threat modeling, and secure engineering practices.

The Work

Where the role spends its time

• Application security
• Cloud security architecture
• Identity and access
• Threat modeling
• Security engineering standards

The Role

What you'll work on

• Contribute security requirements and controls to application and cloud architectures.
• Perform threat modeling and security design reviews.
• Work with teams on identity, access, secrets, and cloud security controls.
• Help integrate security checks into CI/CD and engineering workflows.
• Identify security risks and communicate practical remediation approaches.
• Contribute to security documentation, patterns, and reusable guidance.

Experience

What we're looking for

• Professional experience in application, cloud, or infrastructure security.
• Strong understanding of modern security engineering principles.
• Experience reviewing technical architectures or software systems.
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts.
• Ability to communicate security risks in practical engineering terms.
• Experience collaborating with software or platform engineering teams.

Additional Experience

Helpful, but not necessarily required

• Cloud security experience.
• Experience with threat modeling.
• Knowledge of container or Kubernetes security.
• Experience supporting regulated or security-sensitive environments.

Technology

Technologies and areas relevant to the role

Application Security · Cloud Security · Identity & Access · DevSecOps · Threat Modeling · CI/CD · Security Architecture

What We Offer

What you can expect

• The opportunity to integrate security directly into engineering delivery.
• Collaboration with software, cloud, data, and consulting practitioners.
• Exposure to different technical environments and security challenges.
• Room to influence architecture and secure engineering practices.
• A culture that treats security as an engineering responsibility.

Hiring Process

How we hire for this role

• 01 Application and initial review
• 02 Introductory conversation
• 03 Role-relevant technical or professional discussion
• 05 Final decision and employment discussion