Staff Security Engineer: Enterprise Security Platforms & Automation

NextGenEnergyJobs; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to join the Enterprise Security Engineering team. This role focuses on designing, building, and owning security platforms and automation that protect endpoints, identities, and internal infrastructure at scale.

The candidate should be deeply technical, capable of coding in Go or Python, and able to lead cross-functional security engineering projects with measurable outcomes. Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days/week.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and implementation of Aurora's enterprise security controls — designing the systems and integrations that protect Aurora's endpoints, identities, internal infrastructure, and SaaS environment.
• Design and build Aurora's security telemetry and detection infrastructure, including log pipelines, SIEM integrations, and alerting frameworks.
• Define and enforce enterprise security standards, conducting architecture and design reviews to ensure alignment with Aurora's security posture and risk tolerance.
• Partner with IT, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to embed security requirements early — shifting left on corporate IT initiatives before they become technical debt.
• Build automation and tooling that extends the capabilities of Aurora's security platforms, reduces manual operational burden, and scales the team's impact.
• Serve as the escalation point for enterprise security incidents requiring engineering-level investigation or remediation, and participate in the team's on-call rotation.
• Translate security strategy into concrete, executable engineering projects with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.

Skills

Go

Python

Security architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Zero Trust

IAM/IGA

NIST CSF

MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

EDR/XDR

MDM

IAM

DLP

SaaS security

Cloud security

PKI

Job description

Aurora is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to join the Enterprise Security Engineering team. This role focuses on designing, building, and owning security platforms and automation that protect endpoints, identities, and internal infrastructure at scale.

The candidate should be deeply technical, capable of coding in Go or Python, and able to lead cross-functional security engineering projects with measurable outcomes. Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days/week.