Senior SecOps Engineer - Dallas

Island; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off and holidays

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative, high-performance team

Job summary

Island is building a secure, scalable enterprise platform with a focus on AI enablement, data protection, and identity management. We seek a Senior Security Operations Engineer to own incident response, cloud security posture, vulnerability management, and FedRAMP compliance across commercial and GovCloud environments.

You will partner with the global SecOps Lead to drive day-to-day execution and long-term improvements, leading US incident response and ensuring robust security controls for our

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security operations with hands-on depth in at least two areas (incident response, cloud security posture, or vulnerability management).
• Strong incident responder capable of leading triage, containment, and post-mortems under pressure.
• Solid AWS knowledge (IAM, EC2, EKS, S3, CloudTrail, GuardDuty); GCP/Azure experience a plus; CSPM experience with Wiz.

Responsibilities

• Lead US-timezone incident response, including triage, containment, investigation, and post-incident reviews.
• Manage and improve cloud security posture across AWS, GCP, and Azure; remediate Wiz findings and misconfigurations.
• Own vulnerability management across web, infrastructure, and containers; track remediation and report.
• Drive FedRAMP continuous monitoring for GovCloud; gather evidence and support audits per NIST 800-53.
• Partner with global SecOps Lead on strategy, tooling, risk, and security improvements.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

AWS knowledge

CSPM (Wiz)

Tools

Wiz

Job description

Island is the ideal environment for enterprise work — security is everywhere without ever getting in the way. The Island Enterprise Platform unifies AI enablement, network access, data protection, identity, and endpoint control into one coherent workspace, giving organizations universal visibility and control while delivering a fast, fluid, beautifully simple experience to users. It's not just a better way to secure work. It's a better way to work.

Backed by Coatue Management, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, and others, and trusted by some of the largest enterprises on the planet, Island is redefining what the modern workplace can be.

Recent Awards

2024 - Chosen as one of LinkedIn's Top Startups of 2024 in Dallas

2025 - Named #6 in the 2025 Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Awards

2026 - CNBC Disruptor 50 List

Come join us in building something that's already changing how the world works, we're always looking for world-class human beings (not resumes) to join the movement.

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer at Island, you will be the security anchor for our US operations - owning incident response, cloud security posture, vulnerability management, and FedRAMP compliance across our commercial and GovCloud environments. You will operate as the US-side peer to our global SecOps Lead, driving both day-to-day execution and longer-term improvements to how we detect, triage, and close risk across the stack.

What You'll Do

• Lead US-timezone incident response efforts, including triage, containment, investigation, stakeholder communication, and post-incident reviews.
• Manage and improve cloud security posture across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including Wiz findings remediation, IAM exposure, misconfiguration management, and cloud detection engineering.
• Own vulnerability management across web, infrastructure, and container environments, including prioritization, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Drive FedRAMP continuous monitoring activities for GovCloud environments, including evidence collection, POA&M tracking, audit support, and compliance operations aligned with NIST 800-53.
• Partner with the global SecOps Lead on team strategy, tooling decisions, risk identification, and security improvement initiatives.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in security operations, with hands-on depth across at least two of: incident response, cloud security posture, and vulnerability management.
• Proven incident responder - comfortable leading triage and containment under pressure, writing clear timelines, and running post-mortems.
• Solid AWS knowledge (IAM, EC2, EKS, S3, CloudTrail, GuardDuty); GCP or Azure experience a plus. Hands-on CSPM experience, preferably Wiz.
• Strong communicator across async and sync - able to translate technical findings into business risk for engineering leads and senior stakeholders.
• Scripting ability and mind-set to reduce manual overhead and build durable workflows is a plus.
• Dallas, TX - US citizens only; ability to work in FedRAMP-regulated environments required.

Why Island?

• Build in a category-defining company
• Work on problems at the intersection of AI, security, and enterprise productivity
• Backed by top-tier investors
• Trusted by leading global enterprises
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
• A fast-moving, high-impact environment

What We Offer

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative, high-performance culture
• Modern office environment in Dallas, TX

Island is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.