SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER - SECURITY

Coalesce; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to enhance their cloud platform's security and compliance. This role involves developing secure CI/CD pipelines, conducting security audits, and collaborating across teams to improve security practices. Ideal candidates will have expertise in cloud infrastructure and security frameworks, contributing to an innovative and culture-first environment focused on continuous improvement.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time off

Equity

Internet Reimbursement

WFH Office Set-Up Reimbursement

401(k) retirement plan

Company Annual Leave between December 26- January 2

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline security integrations.
• Familiarity with security frameworks like SOC 2, NIST.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines with security integrations.
• Automate security testing and vulnerability scanning.
• Conduct security audits and risk assessments.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

Automation

Security Best Practices

CI/CD Pipelines

Terraform

Kubernetes

Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

Tools

CodeQL

Trivy

Snyk

Job description

Coalesce is on a mission to make the modern data stack effortless for everyone. Our platform powers data modeling, transformation, catalog, and governance for some of the worlds most important analytics teams. Customers rely on Coalesce as the core platform for running their data operations, enabling the discovery and transformation of their data into useful, consistent analytics insights that power their business.

About the Infrastructure Team

We are small and nimble, but mighty and now… growing! We are a team of DevOps generalists tasked with building and maintaining the cloud platform the Coalesce application runs on. We all bring various experiences and skill sets to the table, and we appreciate new ideas and diverse viewpoints. We work to ensure that the platform is scalable, resilient, auditable and reproducible and we do this by embracing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and automation, constantly refining and improving to add value to the business. As a department we’re responsible not only for cloud infrastructure, but also CI / CD used to test and deploy our application, and security compliance + audit in partnership with our Security Team.

Our Stack

The App

Coalesce is built on TypeScript and React, and runs on Node.js with some Go and Python in different spots. Postgres, Redis and Firebase for storage.

The Infra

Managed Kubernetes across AWS, Azure, GCP with over 20+ deployments

Kubernetes resources are managed via Kustomize, deployed using ArgoCD

Cloud infrastructure is deployed + managed using Terraform for IaC

GitHub for source control + GitHubActions for CI / CD

DataDog, PagerDuty, Tailscale, Slack, Lucid, Zoom and of course Snowflake, Databricks & Fabric

What You’ll Do

We’re looking to add a new team member that can help with all the things we do, and help us do it more securely. The applicant will help develop and lead strategic security initiatives to ensure our infrastructure is secure and compliant, and our code is fully tested before it’s deployed to the public.

Design, implement, and manage our CI / CD pipelines, integrating security best practices at every stage. Troubleshoot test failures and refine the pipeline to improve outcomes and speed things along.

Automate security testing and vulnerability scanning as part of the code development lifecycle.

Ensure our Terraform is deploying secure infrastructure each and every time.

Monitor and respond to security alerts & incidents

Collaborate with Infrastructure and Development teams to improve security posture and processes across the organization.

Conduct security audits and risk assessments, identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities.

What you Bring

5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles with a strong emphasis on cloud infrastructure, automation and security.

Deep expertise with building, scaling, and optimizing CI / CD pipelines and integrating security scanning, code analysis, and compliance tools (e.g., CodeQL, Trivy, Snyk)

Strong background with IaC using Terraform across AWS, GCP, and / or Azure.

Proficient in all things Kubernetes, with expertise in related security principles including cluster and deployment policies

Familiarity with secret management tools and patterns to ensure security

Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go for automation and custom security tooling.

Understanding of cloud security & IAM best practices, zero-trust principles

Solid understanding of networking principles and protocols, especially as it relates to networking in the clouds.

Experience adhering to security frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001) and how to align CI / CD and infra with compliance.

Bonus Points

Previous Experience as a Data Engineer, working with ETL pipelines, Data Warehouses

CISM, CISSP, or other security certifications

Kubernetes certifications including CKA, CKS, KCNA, KCSA, CKAD

Since founding Coalesce in 2020, our mission has remained the same : to improve the lives of data professionals by helping them transform data as efficiently as possible. We aim to bring an end to the days of arduous manual coding and inflexible GUIs by providing a best of both worlds solution.

Coalesce is a fully remote and culture-first company. We believe that our culture is what allows us to not only recruit world-class talent, but also retain it. At Coalesce, you can expect to experience radical honesty, trust in the workplace empathy for yourself and others, and support for continuous learning and improvement.

US Benefits : Coalesce offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements : Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Unlimited Paid Time off, Paid Sick Time, Equity, Internet Reimbursement, WFH Office Set-Up Reimbursement, 401(k) retirement plan, and Company Annual Leave between December 26- January 2.

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