Security Engineer jobs in United States

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DreamHost

Security Engineer II

DreamHost

Posted: 10/19/2026
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NPR

Senior IT Security Engineer

NPR

Posted: 10/19/2026
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DLS Discovery, LLC

Director – Cybersecurity GRC

DLS Discovery, LLC

Posted: 10/19/2026
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Consensus Cloud Solutions

Senior Information Security Engineer, FedRAMP

Consensus Cloud Solutions

Posted: 10/19/2026
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GEICO

Senior Internal Security Investigator

GEICO

Posted: 10/19/2026
Datavant

Senior Product Security Architect

Datavant

Posted: 10/19/2026
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The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin

Student Security Coordinator

The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin

Posted: 10/19/2026
Capital One

Security Engineer 4 – Remote Access

Capital One

Posted: 10/19/2026
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S&P Global

Principal Security Architect

S&P Global

Posted: 10/19/2026
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DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

Security Manager

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Posted: 10/19/2026
DeVry University

Online Visiting Professor – Cybersecurity

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Posted: 10/18/2026
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OpenText

Strategic Solution Sales Executive – Cybersecurity

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Sun Hill Industries

Security, LP Agent

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Koniag Government Services

Security Cooperation Financial Management Specialist – Lead

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High Bridge Consulting LLC

Azure Cloud Security Architect

High Bridge Consulting LLC

Posted: 10/17/2026
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High Bridge Consulting LLC

Endpoint and System Security Specialist

High Bridge Consulting LLC

Posted: 10/17/2026
Sofar Ocean

Security Engineer, IT

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Posted: 10/17/2026
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McLeod Health

Cybersecurity Engineer II – Information Security

McLeod Health

Posted: 10/17/2026
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Paramount

Manager, Application Security – SOX IT, Oracle Fusion

Paramount

Posted: 10/16/2026
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Northrop Grumman

Security Architecture Lead

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Posted: 10/16/2026
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DreamHost

Security Engineer II

DreamHost
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in security engineering and incident response, with a strong focus on application security and detection engineering. Proficient in managing vulnerabilities, automating security tasks, and implementing safeguards across diverse environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Security EngineeringIncident ResponseApplication SecurityLinux AdministrationVulnerability Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureDockerFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpen SourceOpenStackPerlPythonVaultWordPressGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Investigate live compromises across shared, virtualized, and dedicated Linux hosts
  • Scope blast radius, contain incidents, preserve evidence, and produce write-ups
  • Build malware and webshell signatures and log-based detections
  • Reduce false positives and alert fatigue at fleet scale
  • Review the security of in-house control plane, customer panel, internal tooling, and third-party/open-source dependencies
  • Modernize secrets management by moving static credentials into Vault, adopting dynamic credentials, and eliminating plaintext secrets from code, logs, and CI
  • Manage identity and access lifecycle, including directory and SSO migration, privileged access review, and durable offboarding
  • Manage vulnerabilities and patch velocity across a heterogeneous fleet, including end-of-life OS and runtime remediation
  • Build automation and tooling for repetitive security and operational tasks
  • Review and govern internal AI and agent tooling for data exposure, permission scope, agent identity, and abuse paths
  • Lead complex security incident investigations and coordinate across teams
  • Design and implement safeguards for customer sites, accounts, and infrastructure
  • Conduct vulnerability assessments, security reviews, and risk analysis with actionable remediation guidance
  • Partner with Systems, Development, Abuse, and Support to implement security controls
  • Mentor less experienced team members and contribute to shared knowledge and runbooks
  • Contribute to security policies, standards, processes, and compliance efforts

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3–6 years in security engineering, incident response, application security, offensive security, or systems administration
  • Demonstrated ability to resolve complex security problems independently
  • Depth in at least one of application security, incident response and detection engineering, or offensive security and penetration testing, plus working competence in the other two
  • Strong hands-on Linux, preferably Debian/Ubuntu, including processes, namespaces, capabilities, filesystems, kernels, and failure modes
  • Experience operating long-lived production systems, including repairing hosts in place under load
  • Experience in multi-tenant or customer-facing environments where users are untrusted
  • Production scripting and automation experience using Python, Go, Bash, Perl, or similar
  • Log analysis and investigation at scale
  • Experience with intrusion detection and web application firewalls such as mod_security
  • Working knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure, or OpenStack security, including IAM, network controls, and workload isolation
  • Familiarity with secrets management and CI/CD security, including Vault or equivalent, pipeline hardening, dependency and supply-chain risk
  • Fluency with Git and infrastructure as code such as Ansible
  • Practical, current fluency with AI tooling used in daily engineering work
  • Clear written and verbal communication, including translating technical risk for non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong ethics, healthy skepticism, and ability to remain useful under pressure
  • Ability to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
  • Nice to have: Web hosting or WordPress-at-scale experience
  • Nice to have: Container and orchestration security with Podman, Docker, or Kubernetes
  • Nice to have: Malware analysis, YARA rule authorship, or reverse engineering
  • Nice to have: Detection-as-code or SIEM engineering experience
  • Nice to have: Hands-on experience securing AI/LLM systems, agent frameworks, or MCP tooling
  • Nice to have: Prompt injection, tool-permission scoping, or data-boundary work
  • Nice to have: Familiarity with PCI DSS, SOC 2, or ISO 27001
  • Nice to have: Open source contributions

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Full health/vision/dental for the entire family at zero cost to team member
  • 3% Safe Harbor contributed to 401(k) plus up to 1% employer match
  • Opportunities for profit sharing and bonuses
  • Generous time-off (starting at 15 vacation days)
  • 11 Paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave (80 hours accrued)
  • Tuition reimbursement (50/50 up to a specific amount)
  • Pet Insurance
  • Thrive Pass wellness allowance of $30 per month
  • Udemy online learning courses
  • Disability Insurance
  • Generous maternity/paternity leave
  • Discounted personal travel through corporate booking program Egencia
  • Laid-back atmosphere
  • Fun monthly company events
  • Free web hosting
  • Company-issued laptop
  • Opportunities for growth
  • Extensive training

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Hard Skills
Incident ResponseApplication SecurityVulnerability AssessmentLog AnalysisProduction ScriptingMalware AnalysisDetection EngineeringSecurity AutomationSecrets ManagementAI Tooling
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationMentoringProblem SolvingEthicsSkepticism
Tools & Technologies
AWS SecurityGCP SecurityAzure SecurityOpenStack SecurityVaultGitAnsibleDockerKubernetesMod_security
Industry Keywords
PCI DSSSOC 2ISO 27001CI/CD SecuritySupply-Chain RiskMulti-Tenant EnvironmentsCustomer-Facing SecurityIntrusion DetectionWeb Application FirewallsContainer Security