Senior Security Software Engineer – Security Operations

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GM is seeking a senior software security engineer to design and deliver secure, scalable integration services across its cyber ecosystem. You will own APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows, with production SLIs/SLOs, while building AI-driven investigations and triage workflows.

You will mentor engineers, define epics and roadmaps, and collaborate with SecOps, SOC, Platform, and Data teams to achieve measurable security outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in software security engineering.
• Advanced proficiency in modern programming languages.
• Expertise in API development, microservices, event streaming, and idempotent integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, lead, and deliver secure, scalable integration services connecting GM's cyber ecosystem.
• Own architecture and delivery for APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows with production SLIs/SLOs.
• Build AI-driven workflows for investigations, triage, and orchestration.
• Create reusable connectors bridging SIEM, EDR, IAM, SSPM, ITDR, ITSM, cloud telemetry, and related systems.
• Implement security automation playbooks that enrich alerts and trigger deterministic and AI-assisted responses.
• Harden and observe services using CI/CD, automated testing, performance profiling, metrics, and incident runbooks.
• Mentor engineers and lead technical design reviews, coding standards, and reference implementations.
• Translate requirements into epics and roadmaps, align stakeholders, and deliver quality work on time.
• Partner across SecOps, SOC, Platform, and Data teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

Skills

Software security engineering

API development

Cloud proficiency

CI/CD deployment

AI integration

Team leadership

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

CloudFormation

SIEM

EDR

SSPM

LLM Agents

Vector Databases

Semantic Kernel

Job description

• Design, lead, and deliver secure, scalable integration services connecting GM's cyber ecosystem
• Own architecture and delivery for APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows with production SLIs/SLOs
• Build AI-driven workflows for investigations, triage, and orchestration
• Create reusable connectors bridging SIEM, EDR, IAM, SSPM, ITDR, ITSM, cloud telemetry, and related systems
• Implement security automation playbooks that enrich alerts and trigger deterministic and AI-assisted responses
• Harden and observe services using CI/CD, automated testing, performance profiling, metrics, and incident runbooks
• Mentor engineers and lead technical design reviews, coding standards, and reference implementations
• Translate requirements into epics and roadmaps, align stakeholders, and deliver quality work on time
• Partner across SecOps, SOC, Platform, and Data teams to deliver measurable outcomes

Requirements

• 5-7 years in software security engineering
• Advanced proficiency in modern programming languages
• Expertise in API development, microservices, event streaming, and idempotent integration patterns
• Experience deploying software using modern CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery practices
• Hands-on experience with security tooling integrations such as SIEM, EDR, and SSPM
• Proven AI integration experience with LLM agents, embeddings, vector databases, RAG, and prompt engineering
• Cloud proficiency in Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Infrastructure as code experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or CloudFormation
• Data engineering fluency in ETL/ELT, schema design, normalization/enrichment, JSON, YAML, syslog, and STIX/TAXII
• Ability to lead small teams through delivery
• Experience extending vendor SDKs/plugins and contributing to open-source security/AI projects (preferred)
• Security data modeling experience with MITRE ATT&CK mappings, entity graphs, and knowledge stores (preferred)
• Familiarity with Semantic Kernel/LangChain, feature engineering, or lightweight MLOps (preferred)
• Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future; GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software security engineering, API development, and cloud proficiency, with a strong focus on delivering secure and scalable integration services. Capable of leading teams, implementing security automation, and utilizing advanced AI integration techniques.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Software Security Engineering
• API Development
• CI/CD Pipeline Deployment
• Cloud Proficiency in Azure, AWS, or GCP
• AI Integration Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Modern Programming Languages
• Microservices
• Event Streaming
• Infrastructure as Code
• Data Engineering Fluency
• Security Tooling Integrations
• Security Data Modeling
• ETL/ELT
• JSON
• YAML

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Mentoring
• Stakeholder Alignment
• Technical Design Review

Industry Keywords

• Cyber Ecosystem
• Security Automation
• Incident Runbooks
• MITRE ATT&CK
• Open-Source Security Projects

Tools & Technologies

• Terraform
• Bicep
• ARM
• CloudFormation
• SIEM
• EDR
• SSPM
• LLM Agents
• Vector Databases
• Semantic Kernel