Senior Threat Modeling Engineer - Secure by Design

Volto Consulting; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VOLTO Consulting seeks a Senior Threat Modeler to join our security-focused teams in the Tampa area with flexibility across Irving, TX and Jersey City, NJ. You will lead threat modeling efforts, design secure architectures, and implement automation within a DevOps framework.

Expertise in Python, FastAPI, and modern cloud tooling is essential. You will drive threat modeling processes, oversee security controls, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen SDLC practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years IT experience with at least 4 years in cybersecurity.
• Threat modeling experience using STRIDE, PASTA, ATT&CK techniques.
• Security practices covering authentication, authorization, logging, encryption and network security.
• Scripting and IaC skills with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Jira or equivalent ticketing system experience.
• Design and review of technical architectures with a security focus.
• Strong Python programming including asynchronous code and FastAPI.
• Unit testing with Pytest to ensure code quality.
• Familiarity with SDLC and secure development practices.
• Knowledge of CWE/OWASP vulnerabilities and mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Threat modeling using a documented process and framework.
• Develop automation tools as needed to support threat modeling.
• Maintain high standards for threat identification and mitigating controls.
• Manage lifecycle of identified threats and controls.
• Deliver threat models and related tasks within deadlines.
• Provide feedback to improve the threat modeling process.
• Present work to seniors, the team and other technical teams.
• Work with little supervision to complete assignments.
• Develop, test, and deploy secure Python-based applications aligned with SDLC.

Skills

Threat modeling

Python

FastAPI

Unit testing

CI/CD / SDLC

Docker / Kubernetes

Security best practices

IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation)

DevOps / Agile

OWASP / CWE awareness

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

CDK

GitHub

Databricks

Snowflake

Terraform Cloud

Job description

VOLTO Consulting seeks a Senior Threat Modeler to join our security-focused teams in the Tampa area with flexibility across Irving, TX and Jersey City, NJ. You will lead threat modeling efforts, design secure architectures, and implement automation within a DevOps framework.

Expertise in Python, FastAPI, and modern cloud tooling is essential. You will drive threat modeling processes, oversee security controls, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen SDLC practices.