Senior Platform Security Engineer: Cloud & Kubernetes Defender

Saragossa; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Saragossa is seeking a Senior Platform Security Engineer to own the vulnerability management program across large-scale HPC and cloud environments. You will lead triage, threat modeling, and automation to improve security posture.

The role requires 6+ years in security/platform engineering, hands-on with common security tools, and coding in Python/Bash/Go. Hybrid work from Dallas, TX; sponsorship not provided.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of security/platform engineering experience.
• Hands-on with tools such as Qualys, Tenable, Wiz, Lacework or Prisma Cloud.
• Proficient in Linux and scripting (Python, Bash or Go).
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD and IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong understanding of CVSS, exploit maturity and risk-based prioritization.
• Knowledge of Falco, SBOMs or Sigstore is valued.
• Hybrid Dallas-based role; sponsorship not offered.

Responsibilities

• Own the vulnerability management program across the platform stack.
• Tune threat detection and lead vulnerability triage.
• Write automation to monitor security posture continuously.
• Integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and DevOps teams.

Skills

Security engineering

Platform engineering

Kubernetes

OpenStack

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

Bash

CVSS

SBOMs

Sigstore

Falco

eBPF tooling

Tools

Qualys

Tenable

Wiz

Lacework

Prisma Cloud

Falco

eBPF tooling

Job description

Saragossa is seeking a Senior Platform Security Engineer to own the vulnerability management program across large-scale HPC and cloud environments. You will lead triage, threat modeling, and automation to improve security posture.

The role requires 6+ years in security/platform engineering, hands-on with common security tools, and coding in Python/Bash/Go. Hybrid work from Dallas, TX; sponsorship not provided.