Security Operations Engineer

Pax8, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pax8, Inc. is hiring a Security Operations Engineer in the United States. The role centers on strengthening security across our global cloud marketplace through detection, decisive response, and practical engineering.

You will investigate and mitigate threats, build detections and tools, and improve controls while collaborating with IT, DevOps, and engineering teams. Hybrid, Denver area preferred with two days in the office.

Qualifications

• Lead the investigation of security events from detection through containment and closure.
• Analyze signals from endpoint, cloud, and security platforms to determine required actions.
• Provide security expertise during local business hours and contribute to on-call coverage.
• Develop detections to identify attacks, suspicious activity, and emerging risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the investigation of security events, from initial detection and technical validation through containment, remediation, and closure.
• Analyze signals from endpoint, corporate, cloud, managed detection, and other security platforms to determine what matters and what action is needed.
• Serve as a trusted security resource during local business hours while contributing to the teams incident-response and on-call coverage.
• Build and improve detections that help Pax8 identify attacks, suspicious activity, fraud, and emerging risks earlier.
• Create scripts and internal security tools using technologies such as Python and PowerShell, with AI supporting rather than replacing sound engineering judgment.
• Work with IT, development operations, and engineering teams to identify and resolve threats.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Security operations

On-call support

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Security Operations Engineer | United States | Hybrid

Pax8 is hiring a Security Operations Engineer in the United States to strengthen security across our global cloud marketplace through intelligent detection, decisive response, and practical engineering.

Build, Protect and Innovate

Join a global Security Operations team tackling the challenges reshaping modern cybersecurity, from increasingly sophisticated attacks to the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across the business.

This is more than an alert-response role. You’ll investigate and mitigate threats, build security tools and detections, improve controls, and help secure how Pax8 develops and uses emerging technology. You’ll gain the autonomy to shape meaningful security outcomes while growing alongside new tools, changing threats, and an ambitious global organization.

Hybrid | Denver Tech Center preferred | Typically two days per week in the office

Life at Pax8

We combine the energy of a technology scale-up with the reach of a global cloud marketplace. Our people value curiosity, practical innovation, shared ownership, and straightforward collaboration.

Explore the Pax8 US website and learn more about our mission, culture and people.

What You’ll Take Ownership Of

• Lead the investigation of security events, from initial detection and technical validation through containment, remediation, and closure.
• Analyze signals from endpoint, corporate, cloud, managed detection, and other security platforms to determine what matters and what action is needed.
• Serve as a trusted security resource during local business hours while contributing to the team’s incident-response and on-call coverage.
• Build and improve detections that help Pax8 identify attacks, suspicious activity, fraud, and emerging risks earlier.
• Create scripts and internal security tools using technologies such as Python and PowerShell, with artificial intelligence supporting rather than replacing sound engineering judgment.
• Work with information technology, development operations, and engineering teams to identify and resolve threats across Amazon