Senior Security Engineer

GoDaddy Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

GoDaddy is seeking a highly skilled Senior Security Engineer to join our advanced Security Operations team. This role leads complex incident response and forensic investigations across Windows, macOS, Linux, and AWS environments while helping modernize security operations through automation and AI-driven capabilities.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on security expert with deep AWS security expertise, strong threat detection and digital forensics skills, and experience leveraging AI and machine

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity with senior IR/SECOPS/Threat Detection/Forensics roles
• AWS security expertise including IAM, CloudTrail, Config, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Detective, VPC Flow Logs
• Forensic investigations, evidence collection, log analysis, malware triage with chain-of-custody
• Strong scripting and automation in Python/PowerShell/Bash; AWS automation via Lambda/Step Functions/EventBridge
• Excellent communication, reporting, and executive presentation能力

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority incident response and forensic investigations; act as escalation point for advanced analysis and reporting
• Drive threat detection and response across AWS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and endpoint platforms
• Conduct malware analysis, host and cloud forensics, evidence collection, and threat hunting
• Design automated security workflows and AI-assisted playbooks to improve detection and reduce MTTR
• Collaborate with Security, IT, and DevOps to enhance security posture and mentor engineers

Skills

Incident response leadership

Threat detection & security operations

AWS security

Scripting/automation (Python, PowerCLI

Tools

GuardDuty

Security Hub

Detective

CloudTrail

IAM

VPC Flow Logs

SentinelOne

AXIOM

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender

Carbon Black

Bedrock/AI tools

Job description

Location Details:

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At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days)and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join Our Team…

We are seeking a highly skilledSenior Security Engineer to join our advanced Security Operations team. This role is focused on leading complex incident response and forensic investigations across Windows, macOS, Linux, and AWS environments while helping modernize security operations through automation and AI-driven capabilities. The ideal candidate is a hands-on security expert with deep AWS security expertise, strong threat detection and digital forensic skills, and experience leveraging AI and machine learning technologies to improve detection, response, and operational efficiency. You will play a key role in protecting critical assets, conducting high-impact investigations, mentoring team members, and driving the evolution of our security program against sophisticated and emerging threats.

What You’ll Get to Do…

• Lead high-priority incident response and forensic investigations, serving as the primary escalation point for advanced analysis, containment, recovery, root cause determination, and executive-level reporting.
• Drive threat detection and response across AWS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and endpoint security platforms, leveraging services such as GuardDuty, Security Hub, Detective, CloudTrail, IAM, VPC Flow Logs, and SentinelOne.
• Conduct malware analysis, host and cloud forensics, evidence collection, and threat hunting activities to identify attack vectors, persistence mechanisms, and business impact while maintaining sound investigative practices.
• Design and implement automated security workflows, AI-assisted playbooks, and AWS-native response capabilities to improve detection accuracy and reduce MTTD and MTTR.
• Partner with Security, IT, and DevOps teams to enhance security posture, improve processes and tooling, develop detection content, and mentor junior security engineers.

Your Experience Should Include…

• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 2+ years in senior Incident Response, Security Operations, Threat Detection, or Digital Forensics roles.
• Deep expertise securing and investigating AWS environments, including IAM, CloudTrail, Config, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Detective, VPC Flow Logs, S3 logging, and serverless security controls.
• Experience conducting forensic investigations, evidence collection, log analysis, malware triage, and cloud-based incident investigations while maintaining chain-of-custody best practices.
• Strong scripting and automation skills with Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash, including building security automations using AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge; experience applying AI and ML technologies to security operations is highly desirable.
• Strong communication and investigative skills, including technical reporting, executive presentations, and preferred certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, OSCP, or CISSP.

You Might Also Have…

• Experience with digital forensics platforms such as AXIOM, F-Response, Timesketch, Volatility, Velociraptor, or other enterprise investigation tools.
• Experience with additional EDR/XDR platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, or Carbon Black.
• Expertise building and maintaining SOAR platforms, automated response workflows, and cloud-native security operations.
• Experience with AI security technologies including Amazon Bedrock, Microsoft Security Copilot, Google SecOps/Chronicle, or open-source LLM integrations.
• Familiarity with multi-account AWS environments, AWS Organizations, CSPM solutions, and cloud security frameworks such as Prowler, Trusted Advisor, or CNAPP platforms.

About us…

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can befound on our Diversity Careers page.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

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Compensation & Benefits:

What We Offer:

Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off,parental and wellness leave, healthcare,retirementsavings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Thisrole is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which includesmedical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirementplan, paid sick time, paidflexibletime off, paid parental leave, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, AD&D insurance, mental healthor EAP programs, remote or hybrid work options,paidholidays, paid Wellness days, tuition assistance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, dependent daycare and backup care benefits,Employeestock purchase plan, financial education and advice; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy’s benefit plans and applicable law.

Actual compensation andbenefitseligibility will bedeterminedbased on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Compensation:

The estimated pay ranges for this role are listed below. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, which may include a corporate bonus and/or equity awards, subject to the terms of applicable plans and individual eligibility.

Bay Area (Santa Clara, San Francisco) and Los Angeles:

$154,000—$231,000 USD

Austin, D.C. Metro, CA (non-Bay Area), HI, IL, MA, NH, OR, VA, WA:

$133,000—$199,000 USD

New York City Metro, Kirkland/Seattle:

$140,800—$211,200 USD

All other US locations not previously listed:

$118,500—$177,500 USD