Senior Edge Security Architect: Cloudflare & Zero Trust

Gusto; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock equity

Office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City

Job summary

Gusto is looking for a Senior Staff Security Engineer to lead their edge and network security strategies. This role requires extensive experience with Cloudflare's security stack, focusing on protecting vital systems for small businesses. The ideal candidate will collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure high-impact security decisions are made.

Based in San Francisco, you will work with advanced tools and a team dedicated to maintaining and improving cloud security posture, leveraging automation and AI.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on security engineering experience.
• Proven track record of hardening edge and network architectures.
• Deep expertise with Cloudflare's security stack and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate Gusto's edge security stack.
• Own the network security perimeter across AWS.
• Develop policy-as-code patterns for WAF rules.

Skills

Cloudflare expertise

Security engineering experience

Network architecture skills

Policy-as-code

AI-native working style

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty)

Tools

Terraform

Cloudflare

AWS

Job description

Gusto is looking for a Senior Staff Security Engineer to lead their edge and network security strategies. This role requires extensive experience with Cloudflare's security stack, focusing on protecting vital systems for small businesses. The ideal candidate will collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure high-impact security decisions are made.

Based in San Francisco, you will work with advanced tools and a team dedicated to maintaining and improving cloud security posture, leveraging automation and AI.