Staff Platform Security Engineer — Cloud, AWS & Kubernetes

Early Warning; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking a Staff Platform Security Engineer to define and advance secure target states, architecture patterns, and control requirements across products, platforms and shared services. You will embed security into the software and infrastructure lifecycle, partnering with product, platform, and security teams to ensure secure design choices from the outset.

The role involves leading cross‑functional security initiatives, shaping technical standards, and mentoring engineers to

Qualifications

• Typically has 8 or more years of experience or demonstrated portfolio consistent with experience required of the role.
• Deep experience in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, security engineering, or a combination of these domains.
• Experience owning major technical initiatives involving secure platform design, control implementation, or engineering workflow transformation.
• Strong experience defining standards, patterns, or reusable solutions adopted across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex platform security engineering initiatives spanning multiple systems, services, or engineering domains.
• Defines secure target states, reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for platform and shared engineering capabilities.
• Leads securing engineering and design reviews involving platform services, infrastructure patterns, and shared service integrations.
• Drives implementation of scalable controls and secure‑by‑default capabilities that reduce engineering friction while improving risk posture.
• Embeds security requirements into engineering workflows including CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, deployment models, runtime operations, and service lifecycle management.
• Partners with Information Security Engineering, Product Security, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and developer teams to align design choices and delivery priorities.
• Leads evaluation and adoption of new platform security technologies, patterns, and automation opportunities.
• Translates policy and control expectations into practical engineering solutions and measurable implementation guidance.
• Identifies and drives remediation of systemic platform risks, recurring control failures, and engineering weaknesses.
• Mentors engineers, elevates technical practices, and contributes to a culture of secure engineering excellence.

Skills

Platform engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Software engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Security engineering

Cross-functional partnership

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Early Warning is seeking a Staff Platform Security Engineer to define and advance secure target states, architecture patterns, and control requirements across products, platforms and shared services. You will embed security into the software and infrastructure lifecycle, partnering with product, platform, and security teams to ensure secure design choices from the outset.

The role involves leading cross‑functional security initiatives, shaping technical standards, and mentoring engineers to