Senior Security Engineer, Infrastructure

Chainguard

. Engineer and maintain secure, resilient, and performance-optimized cloud environments .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining secure, resilient cloud environments, with a strong focus on automation and infrastructure as code using Terraform and Kubernetes. Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams to embed security practices and adapt architecture in fast-paced settings.

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GCP Engineering ExperienceAWS Engineering ExperienceTerraform/IaC ProficiencyKubernetes (GKE) ExpertiseDevOps Background

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Hard Skills

Cloud Security DesignIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Disaster Recovery PlanningIncident ResponseSystem Resilience Engineering

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

TerraformKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesGCPAWSAzure

Industry Keywords

Cloud EnvironmentsDevOpsCyber ResiliencyAutomationEngineering Velocity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engineer and maintain secure, resilient, and performance-optimized cloud environments
Partner hands-on with internal engineering teams to embed security into architecture and developer tooling
Design and enforce secure identity and access strategies across cloud environments with IAM counterparts
Harden cloud platforms against emerging threats while maintaining resilience and high availability
Lead cloud-centric disaster recovery exercises
Build automation, pipelines, and guardrails using Terraform/IaC and Kubernetes
Secure infrastructure behind AI-driven pipelines and agentic workflows
Advise and collaborate with product engineering to translate requirements into secure, practical infrastructure
Adapt architecture and priorities as the company scales
Assist during relevant incident response investigations
Report to the Sr Director of Cyber Resiliency and work embedded in project pods with product engineering partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
Strong, hands-on GCP or AWS engineering experience required
Experience with Azure is a plus
Solid DevOps background with Terraform/IaC, Kubernetes (GKE), and CI/CD pipelines
Track record of designing systems that are secure, resilient, and built to accelerate engineering velocity
Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change
Prior experience at a fast-moving or late-stage startup is a strong plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.
Participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
100% covered health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
Flexible time off.
18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout the child's first year.