Staff Security Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, Aug 07, 2026
This job expires in: 22 days
Job Summary
Working remotely, the full-time Staff Security Engineer will build and deploy security controls, automation, and log pipelines to enhance the efficiency of a lean security team while directly engaging with AWS environments and internal tooling.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and manage security log pipelines, ensuring logs are collected, transformed, and delivered to the SIEM for detection and investigation
- Operate and enhance the SIEM by onboarding new data sources and tuning detections and alerts
- Deploy and optimize security controls across a mixed fleet of macOS and Windows workstations, as well as AWS WorkSpaces virtual desktops
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on security engineering experience with a focus on automation and tooling
- Proficiency in writing custom code and scripting, primarily in Python, for building tools and log pipelines
- Experience in end-to-end log pipeline development, including collection, parsing, enrichment, and delivery to a SIEM
- Hands-on experience with SIEM operations, including onboarding sources and tuning alerts
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Terraform
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