Senior AppSec Engineer — Platform & Automation (Remote)

Palo Alto Networks; United States; Remote; USD 147,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Chronosphere, a Palo Alto Networks company, seeks a hands-on Security Engineer to design and build core security infrastructure used across the organization. You will partner with infrastructure teams to implement security tooling, guardrails, and scalable defense measures that do not impede delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in security/infra engineering, deep software skills in Go or Python, and a collaborative mindset to improve risk posture across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security or infra-focused engineering roles with meaningful security ownership.
• The ability to independently own projects from inception to delivery.
• A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
• Empathy for developers and a passion for building tools and systems that address problems.
• Built vulnerability management systems that actually drive risk down.
• Led security incident response efforts and postmortem improvements.
• Strong interest in how things work and curiosity to understand complex systems.
• Flexible, collaborative working style in a small, evolving team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate security tools and programs across the organization, including access control, vulnerability management, and detection/response systems.
• Collaborate with engineers and business to identify top needs and maintain a roadmap to address them.
• Participate in design reviews, threat modeling, and incident analysis.
• Help teams make high-quality security decisions, especially in ambiguous situations.
• Set the bar for security, ownership, and quality across engineering.

Skills

Security engineering ownership

Project ownership

Communication

Developer empathy

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Go

Python

C++

Rust

Tools

Go

Python

C++

Rust

Job description

Chronosphere, a Palo Alto Networks company, seeks a hands-on Security Engineer to design and build core security infrastructure used across the organization. You will partner with infrastructure teams to implement security tooling, guardrails, and scalable defense measures that do not impede delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in security/infra engineering, deep software skills in Go or Python, and a collaborative mindset to improve risk posture across teams.