Staff Security Engineer

Aledade; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Health, dental and vision insurance

PTO 21 days

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Sabbatical after six years

Educational assistance

401(k) with match

Stock options

Job summary

Aledade PBC is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain security services that scale across the organization. You will partner with cross-functional teams to shape security strategy, deploy advanced controls, and protect networks, systems, and applications.

This is a remote work position. You will lead security architecture for hybrid-cloud environments, automate infrastructure and policy enforcement with CI/CD, and mentor junior engineers while upholding high

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security services at scale.
• Lead development and maintenance of comprehensive security strategies and solutions.
• Deploy advanced security controls to safeguard networks, systems, and applications.
• Mentor and onboard new engineers.
• Set standards for security processes to support high-quality engineering.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

AWS CloudFormation

Zscaler

Cloudflare WAF

AWS WAF

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

CI/CD pipelines

Threat hunting

VPC Flow Logs

SIEM

CrowdStrike

Sumo Logic

Wiz

Job description

Employer: Aledade PBC

Job Title: Staff Security Engineer

Job Location/Place of Employment Address: 4550 Montgomery Ave, Suite 1050N, Bethesda, MD 20814

Job Duties/Description:

The Staff Security Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security services that support Aledade’s business. Understand data and automation are important ingredients to the company’s mission and actively employ these ingredients at scale. Partner cross-functionally across various teams to shape security services strategy and execution, driving impactful outcomes and further securing the digital landscape. Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of comprehensive security strategies and solutions. Design and deploy advanced security controls to safeguards networks, systems, and applications. Mentor and galvanize new engineers. Set and uphold the standard for security processes to support high-quality engineering.

This is a remote work position.

Minimum Requirements:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field and eight (8) years of experience in software or security engineering within Cloud Native environments. The position also requires demonstrated knowledge and experience with the following: leading architectural design for hybrid-cloud ingress and egress inspection pipelines, ensuring non-routable private connectivity and minimizing public IP exposure; deploying, configuring, and tuning Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), SSL/TLS inspection at scale, and threat Detection and Prevention across Zscaler and AWS native appliances; establishing threat defense using Web Application Firewall (WAF) via Cloudflare and AWS WAF to secure edge endpoints; integrating Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) capabilities and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engines across Zscaler and Cloudflare to prevent data exfiltration; automating cloud network infrastructure and security policy enforcement using Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CloudFormation; managing network configuration drifted detection and automated remediation workflows using CI/CD pipelines; and operationalize network observability by orchestrating flow log ingestion (AWS VPC Flow Logs, Zscaler NSS, Cloudflare Logpush) into SIEM platforms (e.g., Crowdstrike, Sumologic, Wiz) for real-time threat hunting.

This is a remote work position.

$198,000 - $205,000 a year

Who We Are:

Aledade PBC, a public benefit corporation, exists to empower the most transformational part of our health care landscape - independent primary care. We were founded in 2014, and since then, we've become the largest network of independent primary care in the country - helping practices, health centers and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. Additionally, by creating value-based contracts across a wide variety of health plans, we aim to flip the script on the traditional fee-for-service model. Our work strengthens continuity of care, aligns incentives and ensures primary care physicians are paid for what they do best - keeping patients healthy. If you want to help create a health care system that is good for patients, good for practices and good for society - and if you're eager to join a collaborative, inclusive and remote-first culture - you've come to the right place.

What Does This Mean for You?

At Aledade PBC, you will be part of a creative culture that is driven by a passion for tackling complex issues with respect, open-mindedness and a desire to learn. You will collaborate with team members who bring a wide range of experiences, interests, backgrounds, beliefs and achievements to their work - and who are all united by a shared passion for public health and a commitment to the Aledade mission.

In addition to time off to support work-life balance and enjoyment, we offer the following comprehensive benefits package designed for the overall well-being of our team members:

• Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles
• Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners
• Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year)
• Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
• Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service
• Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program
• 401(k) with up to 4% match
• Stock options
• And much more!

At Aledade PBC, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them! We strive to attract, develop and retain highly qualified individuals representing the diverse communities where we live and work. Aledade is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions at Aledade are based on merit, qualifications, performance and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.