Senior Staff Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Academic Key; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly

401(k)

Job summary

CivilGrid is hiring a Senior Staff Infrastructure & Security Engineer to own our security posture while helping scale our AWS-based platform for large utilities and civil engineering teams. The role is a hybrid position with in-person collaboration in the Boston area and close partnership with engineering, IT, and leadership.

You will drive SOC 2 readiness, identity and secrets governance, incident response, and reliability improvements across the cloud environment, collaborating across product

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in production AWS environments with security focus.
• Experience running or supporting a SOC 2 program, audits, and auditor coordination.
• Deep AWS knowledge: VPC, ECS, RDS, IAM, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK).
• Proven track record improving reliability, defining SLOs, and on‑call leadership.
• Startup-ready: autonomous, proactive communicator.

Responsibilities

• Embed reliability and security into SDLC and infrastructure decisions.
• Run security program: SOC 2 readiness and audits, vendor reviews, access controls.
• Define policies for identity, secrets, data handling, and production access.
• Lead incident response for security events and some reliability events.
• Harden and monitor GIS servers (Windows) alongside AWS.
• Build and maintain Trust Center; lead security reviews with customers.
• Contribute to AWS: VPC, ECS, RDS, IAM, secrets, networking, cost optimization.
• Improve reliability practices: SLOs, observability, on‑call, runbooks, post‑incident reviews.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

DevOps

SRE

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CDK

RDS

CloudWatch

Job description

Senior Staff Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Remote

ABOUT CIVILGRID

CivilGrid is the trusted civil design platform powering affordable infrastructure renewal and growth. We give utilities, civil engineers, and municipalities a single, collaborative source of truth for what's underground so teams can plan, design, and build faster, smarter, and safer. Our platform consolidates utility records, geotechnical and environmental data, paving moratoriums, and jurisdictional requirements directly from 3,000+ utilities, agencies, and municipalities with full chain‑of‑custody documentation. Teams at PG&E, Mark Thomas, and dozens of leading engineering firms use CivilGrid to cut research time by up to 88%, reduce project costs, prevent dig‑ins, and accelerate delivery on the projects that keep communities running. We're a venture‑backed Series A startup tackling a $4.7T US infrastructure market that has been underserved by software for decades. Founded by industry insiders, each with 10+ years in utilities and civil engineering, we move fast, ship work that matters, and stay close to the customers and field teams we build for.

WHY THIS ROLE

We're looking for a Security & Infrastructure Engineer to own our security posture and assist in supporting our cloud platform and reliability as we scale into large utilities and civil engineering firms. You'll take over and grow our security program, working across engineering, IT, and leadership. The role is on the Systems team that spans DevOps, SRE, and security. Your focus is security but you will contribute across the team. This role reports to the Head of Engineering. It is a hybrid role with expectations that you are working from our Boston, MA office at least 3 days per week if hired.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Partner with engineering to embed reliability and security into the SDLC and infrastructure decisions
• Run our security program: SOC 2 readiness and audits, vendor reviews, access controls, endpoint security, and threat modeling
• Define and enforce policies for identity, secrets, data handling, and production access across the company
• Lead incident response for both security events, and some reliability events, from detection through resolution and follow‑up
• Harden and monitor our GIS servers (Windows Server) alongside our AWS platform
• Build and maintain our Trust Center, and lead security reviews with customers
• Contribute to our AWS environment end to end: VPC architecture, ECS, RDS, secrets management, IAM, networking, and cost optimization
• Contribute to improving reliability practices: SLOs, observability, alerting, on‑call rotation, runbooks, and blameless post‑incident reviews

The tech: AWS ECS, Postgres on RDS managed with CDK, GitHub, Datadog, Slack, Notion, Drata.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• At least 5-8 years of experience across product security, platform security, or security engineering, with hands‑on experience with DevOps or SRE of production AWS infrastructure
• Experience running or supporting a SOC 2 program, including evidence collection, control design, and auditor coordination
• Deep working knowledge of AWS (VPC, ECS, RDS, IAM, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch) and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, CDK, or equivalent)
• Experience running vulnerability management, from scanner findings and outside reports to fixes shipped
• Track record of improving reliability in production: defining SLOs, building observability, running on‑call, and leading post‑incident reviews
• Startup ready: autonomous, moves fast, takes initiative without being asked
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate effectively

BONUS POINTS

• Experience supporting B2B products sold into regulated industries (utilities, energy, public sector)

HOW WE WORK

We're a small, but rapidly growing team that ships. Expect direct feedback, real ownership from day one, and proximity to customers – huge utilities, public agencies, and engineering firms whose work depends on what we build. We default to in‑person collaboration where it matters and remote‑friendly flexibility otherwise. We hire people who care deeply about their craft and the communities our customers serve.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The base salary range for this role is $137,318 - $192,960. Base salary is only one part of your total compensation package at CivilGrid, which also includes meaningful early‑stage equity, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to shape a category‑defining company. The base salary range listed above may encompass various levels and/or geographic locations; final offers are determined based on the candidate's experience, skills, level, and work location.

• Company‑funded medical, dental, and vision insurance – including medical plans at no cost to the employee
• FSA (health and dependent care)
• Unlimited PTO and a culture that expects you to actually use it
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible, remote‑friendly work environment
• A high‑trust team, real ownership, and the chance to do the most meaningful work of your

Academic Key will never request login credentials or application fees for this role.