Security Engineer

AlertMedia • Austin, TX

4h

About The Position

Do work that matters.
At AlertMedia, everything we do supports our mission: To save lives and minimize loss by identifying active threats globally and facilitating timely communications when an emergency threatens personal safety and business continuity.
Our core values drive us in our important mission of keeping people safe and informed:
We’re humans not robots
Customers always come first
We work better together
Simplicity is our strength
Our reputation is priceless
Hard work pays off
As one of the fastest growing SaaS start-up companies in the nation, we’re focused on finding the best talent and building the best team to continue accelerating our rapid growth to keep up with our demand.
AlertMedia is seeking a Security Engineer to assist our security and compliance team working through technical aspects of security, supporting compliance efforts, and engaging with customers for security reviews. Every day you will employ your ability to move smoothly between cross-functional teams, inspiring, learning, and leading. Best of all, you’ll be part of AlertMedia’s amazing culture and an important contributor to AlertMedia’s rapid growth.
Who you are:
You have a passion for being an integral piece of a security team by providing technical expertise and a deep understanding of not only the AlertMedia platform, but also general security constructs and how each fit with specific customer requirements. You enjoy working across boundaries with engineering, IT, compliance, legal, and customers to solve problems and increase awareness of security and compliance. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and prefer a “one team one goal” mentality.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Security, Compliance, and Security Engineering experience
• Experience supporting SOC 2 and/or ISO audits
• Hands-on experience securing AWS environments (IAM, VPC, KMS, WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Macie)
• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management, Encryption Standards, Cloud Infrastructure and tooling.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
• Experience supporting customer security reviews
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to prioritize
• Highly organized and ability to succeed in an ever-changing environment
• Self-starter and team player, willing to jump in as needed
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and prioritization skills, with a commitment to providing outstanding support

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering to drive technical implementation of controls throughout the product and infrastructure
• Design, implement, and continuously improve security controls across AWS infrastructure and application architecture
• Enhance and tune monitoring and detection capabilities in support of customer security and incident response capabilities.
• Become a SME for the entire AlertMedia platform and support sales and legal in elevating customer experiences.
• Lead technical portions of enterprise customer security reviews and architecture discussions
• Effectively communicate technical concepts and serve as the point of contact for engineering and customer facing teams
• Communicate cross-functionally with engineering, sales, I/T, and legal teams to maintain security and compliance posture as well as outline opportunities for advancement of control in the platform, infrastructure, and for customers.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + Company-wide bonus program
• Generous and flexible time and parental leave policies
• Health benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 100% paid for employees and dependent!
• 401K with a generous company match
• Amazing rewards and incentives – we love celebrating each other!
• Commitment to community service with opportunities to give back
• A Best Places to Work company 10 years in a row and numerous other awards
• Access to brand new downtown office with 360 views of Austin, high-tech building gym, and nearby running trails
• Continuous learning & career development opportunities from our Learning & Development teams

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed