Staff Information Security Engineer

ServiceNow; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Staff Information Security Engineer to enhance their infrastructure security. In this dynamic role, you will design and deploy security solutions across various environments, ensuring robust defenses against unauthorized access. Collaborating with engineering teams, you will implement best practices, automate security operations, and contribute to compliance assessments. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact on organizational security. If you're passionate about security and eager to innovate in a supportive environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on engineering experience in security.
• Strong experience with operating system and server security.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.

Responsibilities

• Implement security controls for networks and servers.
• Collaborate with teams to harden infrastructure.
• Automate routine security operations and reporting.

Skills

AI Integration

Operating System Security

Server Security (Linux, Windows)

Enterprise Networking

Scripting and Automation (Python, Bash, Go)

Analytical Skills

Troubleshooting Security Issues

Growth Mindset

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent industry experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Splunk

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

The ServiceNow Security Organization delivers world-class, innovative security solutions to reduce risk and protect the company and our customers. We enable our customers to migrate their most sensitive data and workloads to the cloud, accelerating our business so that we are the most trusted SaaS provider. We create an environment where our employees are proud to work and can make a positive impact.

Team

This position reports to the Director, Security Engineering. The Enterprise Security Engineering team targets building state-of-the-art technology that will help reduce the risk surrounding the sensitive assets of the company with the least impact possible on operations, acts as guidance and facilitator to the security operations teams and helps shift Security perception from blocker to enabler by building a relationship of trust with the other teams.

Role

The Staff Information Security Engineer will help secure ServiceNow’s infrastructure by designing and deploying security solutions across the network, server, authentication, and certificate ecosystem. You will work closely with infrastructure and cloud engineering teams to embed security best practices and build scalable, automated defenses.

What you get to do in this role:

• Implement controls that secure networks and servers from unauthorized access and malicious activity
• Collaborate with platform and SRE teams to harden infrastructure and improve service resilience
• Deploy secure container configurations and integrate security into Kubernetes environments
• Contribute to the management and automation of the certificate lifecycle
• Enforce secure authentication mechanisms, least privilege access, and passwordless initiatives
• Build monitoring and detection capabilities that reduce response times and prevent outages
• Contribute to threat modeling, security reviews, and compliance assessments
• Automate routine security operations and reporting to reduce manual effort

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

Required Skills:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
• Master’s degree in computer science; engineering, or information technology or equivalent industry experience
• 6+ years of relevant hands-on engineering experience
• Strong experience with operating system and server security (Linux, Windows)
• Good knowledge of enterprise networking and secure network architectures
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, Go, etc.)

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with container security and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes preferred)
• Understanding of certificate and key lifecycle management
• Knowledge of identity-based controls and modern authentication practices
• Experience improving operational security efficiency through automation and tooling
• Knowledge of logging, monitoring, and SIEM systems (e.g., Splunk, ELK)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to troubleshoot security and infrastructure issues
• Managing directory services and access management solutions
• Familiarity with WebAuthN and FIDO2
• Experience in working with Splunk and SPL (or other SIEM/Log management systems)
• Experience in working with cryptography (PKI, TLS, VPNs, secure credential management, disk encryption, certificate and code signing)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Puppet and Ansible to automate system hardening and policy enforcement.
• Automating operations and capacity planning
• System performance tuning and service monitoring
• System and software debugging experience with strong troubleshooting skills
• Growth mindset approach: hungry and humble with the ability to lead and train others
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, driven, fast-paced environment

Not sure if you meet every qualification? We still encourage you to apply! We value inclusivity, welcoming candidates from diverse backgrounds, including non-traditional paths. Unique experiences enrich our team, and the willingness to dream big makes you an exceptional candidate!

Additional Information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work. Learn more here.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

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Export Control Regulations

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