Security Engineer (Security Operations, Zero Trust)

BlackCloak; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Remote Company

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Flexible Vacation Plan

401k with employer match

Company Equity

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Security Engineer to enhance corporate security for its clients. You will lead projects involving threat detection, incident response, and cloud security. This role requires 3-5 years of experience in security engineering, focusing on Zero Trust principles and using various security tools. The company offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to work fully remote from within the United States.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in a security engineering role.
• Deep experience with SIEM and EDR tools.
• Hands-on experience implementing Zero Trust principles.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and implement new security tools.
• Support incident response and triage security alerts.
• Enhance Zero Trust posture with various tools.
• Secure Cloud environments with best practices.
• Support application security program strategy.

Skills

Security Operations & Incident Response

Zero Trust & Network Security

Application Security

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Tools

SIEM

EDR

CNAAP

Cloudflare

Okta

Job description

Overview

BlackCloak’s mission is to protect corporate executives and high-profile individuals in their personal lives, mitigating risks to their families, companies, reputation, and finances. We defend our clients’ digital lives from hackers, privacy leaks, and identity theft. If you are passionate about helping to protect others, then keep reading - this may be your next great opportunity.

As a Security Engineer, you will be part of BlackCloak’s internal technology team supporting corporate security, information technology operations, and compliance. This is a critical role that is both hands‑on and strategic, influencing and driving success for BlackCloak and its clients by designing, deploying, and supporting technology solutions for all areas of the business.

What you will do

• Security Operations & Incident Response (Primary)
  • Review, design, and implementation of new Security Tools - support administration across tools such as SIEM, EDR, CNAAP, Email Security, and others.
  • Support security and risk assessments for new tools, vendors, and relationships with broader Security and IT team.
  • Assist in development of new threat detections, playbooks, and automated response/remediation.
  • Support triage and response of security alerts, as an escalation point from the broader team.
  • Participate in supporting security on‑call rotation.
• Zero Trust & Network Security (Secondary)
  • Strengthen Zero Trust posture by expanding usage of Cloudflare WARP, WAF, other Zero Trust tooling and principles.
  • Collaborate with the IT team to enhance endpoint security policies within EDR tools such as SentinelOne, Crowdstrike, as well as secure hardening standards into MDM.
  • Support design and implementation of IAM best practices/principles for workforce and client identity, leveraging tools such as Google IDP, Okta, Auth0, Zitadel.
  • Mature Zero Trust alerts and controls across risk‑based alerting, posture checks.
  • Incorporation of Zero Trust principles into new programs and architecture designs.
• Application Security (Support)
  • Support application security program strategy and implementation, including but not limited to various controls towards a “shift‑left” security model, Security Champions program, adoption and implementation of SAST, DAST, other application security tools.
  • Assist in maturation of the Secure SDLC, including threat modeling, security architecture and requirements guidance, as well as secure code development training.
  • Work directly with developers to triage findings, provide remediation guidance, and foster a security‑first culture.
  • Manual testing support for light red teaming such as POC’ing vulnerabilities, leading penetration tests via vendor engagements and/or internally led testing, and validating security findings.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Security (Support)
  • Partner with Engineering, DevOps, to secure GCP, AWS environments.
  • Leverage Cloud Security tools such as CNAAP, to remediate discovered misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and triage of Cloud Security alerts.
  • Support development and implement secure infrastructure baselines, vulnerability management processes, secrets managements, IAM, and hardening standards within the cloud environment.
  • Incorporation of shift‑left security tests and controls, into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Help expand monitoring capabilities within tools such as SIEM, CNAAP, including implementation of required cloud architecture/logging, onboarding of log sources to security tools, and detection rules for cloud‑based threats.

What You Need to be Successful

• 3‑5 years of hands‑on experience in a security engineering role, preferably within a cloud‑native, startup environment.
• Deep experience building or contributing to a Security Operations program, leveraging/administering SIEM, EDR, CNAAP, Email Security, and SOAR tools.
• Hands‑on experience building and tuning threat detections, partnering with Security Analysts to improve/automate runbooks and response actions.
• Demonstrated experience implementing tools and controls to support Zero Trust, with tools such as Cloudflare, IAM architecture and protocols, risk and posture based alerting, and workforce/customer identity solutions.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash) to automate security tasks and processes, ability to implement and support detection‑as‑code and infrastructure‑as‑code where applicable.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with both technical (Engineering) and non‑technical (GTM) teams.
• Ability to drive new projects, self‑starter, with minimal supervision.
• A proactive, “builder” mindset with a passion for improving processes, reducing risk.

Preferred Candidate Will Have:

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and its security implications (e.g., Terraform).
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, NIST CSF.
• Familiarity with common application development languages such as Java or JavaScript.
• Understanding of system and architecture design principles, from code to cloud.
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., GCLD, GCP Cloud Security Engineer, GCSA).

$100,000 - $140,000 a year

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

About BlackCloak

BlackCloak is an extremely fast‑growing company in an entirely new product category. We have amazing product fit validated by industry awards and an impressive client base of Fortune 500 companies across all industries.

BlackCloak offers a competitive salary, exceptional benefits, and a dynamic work environment. Below is a quick summary of BlackCloak’s generous benefits package for full‑time employees includes:

• 100% Remote Company, within the USA
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a 100% employer‑paid monthly premium option for employees & 50% employer‑paid monthly premiums for dependents.
• Health Savings Account with company contribution for eligible medical plans.
• Flexible Vacation Plan
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• 100% employer‑paid Life, AD&D and Short‑and‑Long‑Term Disability Insurance
• 401k with Traditional and Roth options, including employer match.
• Company Equity
• Paid Parental and Pregnancy Recovery Leave
• Company and team off‑sites and virtual events throughout the year
• Home office stipend

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristic.

Learn More about Us

Website: https://blackcloak.io

LinkedIn: /blackcloak

Twitter: @BlackCloakCyber

White Paper: https://bc.blackcloak.io/quantifying-the-business-need-for-digital-executive-protection-report-download

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