Staff Security Engineer

Tines; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a passionate Staff Security Engineer to enhance its security program. This pivotal role allows you to lead security projects, implement controls, and mentor junior engineers. With a focus on automation and proactive threat hunting, you will make a significant impact on the organization's security posture. The position offers the flexibility of remote work within the United States, making it an exciting opportunity for seasoned professionals looking to contribute to a forward-thinking company that values simplicity, speed, and soundness. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this is the chance you've been waiting for!

Qualifications

• 12+ years in a security role with a high-demand team.
• Deep familiarity with cloud security and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with security automation and SOAR tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive security projects to protect customers and employees.
• Scale detection and response capabilities across systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and automate security tasks.

Skills

Cloud Security Fundamentals

Security Automation

Incident Response

Vulnerability Management

Analytical Skills

Time Management

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Ansible

Cloudformation

SaltStack

Chef

Job description

Founded in 2018 in Dublin, Tines is a smart, secure workflow platform designed to automate any manual task, regardless of complexity. By automating workflows, Tines empowers frontline teams to reduce monotonous, manual work and free up valuable time and resources.

Tines is an integrator across your entire stack - if it offers an API, Tines connects with it. Having firmly established Tines as the de-facto automation platform for cybersecurity teams, we’re expanding horizontally to IT, Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams. Tines was built for everyone, delivering transformative and innovative enterprise software to industry leaders like Canva, Intercom, Databricks, Mars, and Reddit.

We’re excited about what we’re doing and what’s to come, and we’re looking for others who can lead by our values of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness. Because Tines is about delivering exceptional customer experiences while creating a company culture that nurtures individual curiosity, growth, and integrity.

We are looking for a Staff Security Engineer passionate about security and automation to help grow and mature the security program at Tines. You’ll have the opportunity to make your mark and build new projects from the ground up.

This is a key role reporting to our Head of IT Operations & Information Security and can be based remotely in the United States.

What you’ll be doing:

• Drive security projects that facilitate the business function and protect our customers, brand, & employees.
• Stay apprised of security trends and incidents to prevent similar occurrences by reviewing and implementing security controls based on lessons learned.
• Perform security reviews of infrastructure and product features ensuring high standards.
• Scale our detection and response capabilities across our environment and systems.
• Review bug bounty and external security reports for validation and recommend mitigating controls.
• Assist with security questionnaires for prospective customers.
• Support vendor security reviews before allowing access to internal data.
• Track and drive vulnerability remediation across production and corporate environments.
• Assist with security training and ensuring our employees are up to date on the latest security threats.
• Act as an escalation point for automated detections that are raised for human review.
• Proactively hunt for threats across our environment.
• Perform regular on-call duties, including incident commander responsibilities during security incidents.
• Ensure security controls are deployed and tested across cloud environments and corporate endpoints.
• Act as a technical expert for the team. Mentor and help level up junior engineers.
• Automate as much of this as possible!

What you bring with you:

• 12+ years experience in a security role on a high demand security team.
• Excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Deep familiarity with cloud security fundamentals, including deploying & managing services with infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform, Packer, Cloudformation, Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, etc.
• Familiarity with securing container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Background of automating security tasks with SOAR tools and/or languages like Python/Go.
• Knowledge of command-line, log analysis, common attacks, and OS hardening for Linux and macOS.
• Experience working on an on-call rotation in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical & time management skills with the ability to work autonomously or collaboratively with peers.

For U.S. roles: Applicants for this opportunity must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

At Tines, we’re all about trying new things and taking the leap. If you’re second-guessing your application, we hope you’ll trust your gut and take the leap too! Applying for a new job isn’t always easy, especially if you’re thinking of a career pivot– but we’re big believers in learning and growth here at Tines, so you’ve nothing to worry about. A variety of experience, perspectives, and voices makes us the company we are. We’d love to hear from you.

Tines provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.