Senior Security Operations Engineer

Tines; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tines is seeking a Senior Security Operations Engineer to advance our cloud security program in the United States. You will lead security projects, review incidents, and mature controls while coordinating with engineering and security teams.

You will implement automated detections, perform on-call incident response, and help shape security training. This role emphasizes hands-on security in AWS/Azure, container tech, and threat hunting.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years in a security role managing complex cloud environments.
• Excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Deep familiarity with cloud security in AWS or Azure, including deployment, management, and monitoring.
• Experience securing containers (Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes).
• Experience with AWS security tools such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, Security Hub, Inspector, Config.
• Experience implementing controls for SOC2, ISO, CMMC, and FedRamp.
• Experience automating security tasks with SOAR tools or Python/Go.
• Knowledge of command-line, log analysis, common attacks, and OS hardening for Linux/macOS.
• On-call rotation experience in fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical and time-management skills and ability to work autonomously or with peers.

Responsibilities

• Drive security projects that facilitate the business function and protect our customers, brand, and employees.
• Review security trends and incidents and implement controls to prevent recurrence.
• Perform security reviews of infrastructure and product features to maintain high standards.
• Update policies and procedures to sustain security posture at Tines.
• Scale detection and response capabilities across environments and systems.
• Coordinate vulnerability remediation with engineering, infra, and security teams.
• Assist with security training to keep employees updated on threats.
• Act as escalation point for automated detections requiring human review.
• Proactively hunt for threats across our environment.
• Perform on-call duties, including incident commander responsibilities.
• Ensure security controls are deployed and tested across cloud environments and endpoints.
• Automate security tasks using Tines where possible.

Skills

Security experience

English proficiency

Cloud security

Container security

AWS security tooling

Security frameworks

SOAR automation

OS hardening

On-call experience

Analytical skills

Tools

Docker

AWS ECS

Kubernetes

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

CloudWatch

Security Hub

Inspector

Config

Job description

Founded in 2018 with co-headquarters in Dublin and Boston, Tines powers some of the world's most important workflows. Our intelligent workflow platform applies AI, automation, and integration with human ingenuity to drive real business results.

Tines serves a diverse range of customers, from startups to public companies, including Canva, Databricks, Elastic, Kayak, Intercom, and McKesson. As an integrator across the entire tech stack, Tines is vendor-agnostic integrating with any API-enabled service. This flexibility enables our customers to achieve their highest-priority goals faster. And because Tines is secure and private by design, it's popular with security, IT, engineering, finance, and other security-focused teams.

At Tines, we're driven by our values of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness. We're committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences while fostering a company culture that nurtures individual curiosity, growth, and integrity. We're excited about what's next, and we're looking for others to join us on our journey.

We are looking for a Senior Security Operations Engineer passionate about security and automation to help grow and mature the security program at Tines. You'll have the opportunity to make your mark and build new projects from the ground up.

This is a key role reporting to our Security Operations Manager

What you'll be doing:

• Drive security projects that facilitate the business function and protect our customers, brand, & employees.
• Stay apprised of security trends and incidents to prevent similar occurrences by reviewing and implementing security controls based on lessons learned.
• Perform security reviews of infrastructure and product features ensuring high standards.
• Assist with updating policies and procedures in order to maintain our high security standards at Tines.
• Scale our detection and response capabilities across our environment and systems.
• Track and drive vulnerability remediation across production and corporate environments, partnering with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Assist with security training and ensuring our employees are up to date on the latest security threats.
• Act as an escalation point for automated detections that are raised for human review.
• Proactively hunt for threats across our environment.
• Perform regular on-call duties, including incident commander responsibilities during security incidents.
• Ensure security controls are deployed and tested across cloud environments and corporate endpoints.
• Automate as much of this as possible using Tines!

What you bring with you:

• 6 - 8+ years in a security role managing complex cloud environments.
• Excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Deep familiarity with cloud security, including deploying, managing, securing, and monitoring services in AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with securing container technologies like Docker, AWS ECS, and Kubernetes.
• Skilled in the use of AWS (or similar) security management and monitoring tools such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, Security Hub, Inspector, and Config.
• Experience with implementing and monitoring controls around security frameworks such as SOC2, ISO, CMMC, and FedRamp,
• Background of automating security tasks with SOAR tools and/or languages like Python/Go.
• Knowledge of command-line, log analysis, common attacks, and OS hardening for Linux and macOS.
• Experience working on an on-call rotation in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical & time management skills with the ability to work autonomously or collaboratively with peers.

Target Salary: 160-180k

Due to the nature of this role and associated U.S. Government customer requirements, applicants must be U.S. citizens and must perform work while located within the United States.

At Tines, we're all about trying new things and taking the leap. If you're second-guessing your application, we hope you'll trust your gut and take the leap too! Applying for a new job isn't always easy, especially if you're thinking of acareer pivot- but we're big believers in learning and growth here at Tines, so you've nothing to worry about. A variety of experience, perspectives, and voices makes us the company we are. We'd love to hear from you.

Tines provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.