Senior Platform Security Engineer – Cloud, AWS & Kubernetes

Early Warning Services LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Benefits program

Job summary

Early Warning Services LLC is hiring a Staff Platform Security Engineer to define secure target states, reference architectures, and technical standards for platforms and shared services. You will embed security throughout the software and infrastructure lifecycle, partnering with product, platform, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure secure-by-default delivery.

You will lead cross-functional security initiatives, mentor engineers, drive scalable controls in CI/CD, and translate policy

Qualifications

• Typically has 8+ years of experience in platform or security-focused engineering.
• Experience owning major technical initiatives involving secure platform design.
• Strong ability to influence engineering decisions through cross-functional partnership.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex platform security engineering initiatives spanning multiple systems.
• Defines secure target states, reference architectures, and technical standards.
• Embeds security requirements into CI/CD and deployment workflows.
• Mentors engineers and drives secure engineering excellence.

Skills

Platform engineering

Security engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Software engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Early Warning Services LLC is hiring a Staff Platform Security Engineer to define secure target states, reference architectures, and technical standards for platforms and shared services. You will embed security throughout the software and infrastructure lifecycle, partnering with product, platform, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure secure-by-default delivery.

You will lead cross-functional security initiatives, mentor engineers, drive scalable controls in CI/CD, and translate policy