Sr Security Technologist - Risk & Compliance

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Security Technologist to lead diligence, integration, and operational security for acquisitions and subsidiary environments. You will write code, automate workflows, deploy security tooling, and uplift security post‑acquisition operations.

The role blends advisory and hands‑on security engineering, including incident response and risk management in evolving environments. Travel may be required to support diligence and integration efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on engineering/troubleshooting in modern enterprise environments.
• Experience with risk management in cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Experience coding/automation in Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
• Experience deploying security technologies in cloud/enterprise environments.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure and SaaS ecosystems.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and automation techniques.
• Experience supporting or responding to security incidents.
• Broad understanding of cloud infrastructure, IAM, endpoint security, vulnerability management, logging/telemetry, and enterprise SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Assess the cyber security maturity of acquisition targets across infrastructure, on‑prem, cloud, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and engineering environments.
• Identify risks, gaps, and integration challenges from acquired organizations.
• Design and implement scalable security integrations for newly acquired companies and subsidiaries.
• Build automation, tooling, and workflows to accelerate security onboarding and operational visibility.
• Write code and scripts to integrate systems, normalize telemetry, automate remediation, and improve efficiency.
• Use AI-assisted engineering to improve analysis, integration, and security workflows.
• Deploy and operationalize security services (EDR, vulnerability management, logging, IAM, device management, cloud security).
• Partner with Engineering Security, Enterprise Security, Cloud Security, and IT/Legal during acquisitions.
• Respond to and coordinate security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired entities.
• Support containment, remediation, recovery, and hardening during incident response.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Incident response

Automation

Python

Go

Bash scripting

AI tooling

Communication skills

Risk management

Identity management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SIEM

Telemetry pipelines

IAM tooling

Job description

About the Role

As a Senior Security Technologist on the team, you will help lead security diligence, integration, and operational security efforts for acquisitions, strategic investments, and subsidiary environments. You will collaborate with subsidiary security personnel to uplift their security operations to the company minimum standards post‑acquisition.

This role combines advisory, operational, and hands‑on security engineering responsibilities, including automation, incident response, and pragmatic risk management in fast‑moving, evolving environments. Successful candidates are excited to build practical solutions, improve security operations, and help teams navigate complex integration challenges.

You will write code using approved AI tooling, automate workflows, deploy security tooling to subsidiary environments, integrate systems, improve telemetry visibility, and help operationalize security capabilities across newly acquired target companies and evolving environments. You will also help respond to security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired companies, partnering closely with internal security teams and business stakeholders to rapidly reduce risk and improve resilience.

The ideal candidate is comfortable:

• building automation and integrations
• investigating security incidents
• deploying security tooling
• leveraging AI‑assisted engineering workflows
• and communicating technical risk to leadership

You will be successful in this role if you enjoy solving technical problems, collaborating across teams, and building practical security solutions in evolving environments.

Travel may occasionally be required to support acquisition diligence or integration efforts, but is generally infrequent and based on business needs.

What You'll Do

Assess the cyber security maturity of acquisition targets across infrastructure, on‑prem, cloud, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and engineering environments

• Identify key technical and operational risks, domain specific security gaps, and integration challenges associated with acquired organizations
• Design and implement scalable security integrations for newly acquired companies and subsidiaries
• Build automation, tooling, and workflows to accelerate security onboarding and operational visibility
• Write code and scripts to integrate systems, normalize telemetry, automate remediation activities, and improve operational efficiency
• Use AI‑assisted engineering and automation techniques to improve analysis, integration, and security operations workflows
• Deploy and operationalize security services such as:

• endpoint detection and response (EDR)
• vulnerability management
• logging and telemetry collection
• Incident Response Monitoring for Subsidiaries
• identity and access management
• device management
• cloud security monitoring
• asset inventory and visibility tooling

• Partner with Engineering Security, Enterprise Security, Cloud Security, Security Response and Investigations, Information Technology (IT) Privacy, Legal, Corporate Development, and business stakeholders during acquisition and integration activities
• Respond to and help coordinate security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired entities
• Support containment, remediation, recovery, and long‑term hardening efforts during incident response scenarios

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure security, detection and response, or related technical security roles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Hands‑on engineering and troubleshooting experience in modern enterprise environments
• Experience applying risk management principles in complex cybersecurity environments, including both cloud and on‑premises infrastructure.
• Experience writing code or automation using languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar
• Experience integrating or deploying security technologies in cloud or enterprise environments
• Experience working with modern cloud infrastructure and SaaS ecosystems
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development workflows and modern automation techniques
• Experience supporting or responding to security incidents
• Understanding of:
• cloud infrastructure and security
• identity and access management
• endpoint security
• vulnerability management
• logging and telemetry systems
• enterprise SaaS platforms
• networking fundamentals
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Comfort navigating evolving priorities and collaborating across teams in fast‑moving environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong information assurance management principles and practices
• Assess security risk across interconnected cloud and on‑premises environments.
• Understand how security controls interact, overlap, and compensate for one another.
• Apply risk‑based decision‑making to evaluate control effectiveness and overall security posture.
• Partner with technical and business teams to align security requirements with operational needs.
• Experience building internal security tooling or operational automation platforms.
• Experience integrating acquired environments into centralized security operations.
• Familiarity with detection engineering, SIEM platforms, or telemetry pipelines.
• Experience assessing engineering and software development security practices.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code or cloud automation frameworks.
• Experience using LLMs or AI tooling to improve engineering or security workflows.
• Incident response, investigative, and problem‑solving experience.
• Written communication and program management experience.
• Ability to balance pragmatic execution with long‑term security strategy.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles:

The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles:

The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles:

The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.

For all US locations:

You will be eligible to participate in the company's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full‑time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and the company's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in‑office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full‑time in‑office presence.

The company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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