Senior Development Security Operations Engineer

American Tower • Cary, NC

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About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Development Security Operations Engineer to join American Tower’s Information Security organization. The Information Security team is responsible for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of American Tower’s data and systems in our core systems and platforms. As a Senior Development Security Operations Engineer, your daily responsibilities will focus on embedding security controls into software delivery pipelines, code repositories, and cloud-native platforms. You will play a critical role in enabling secure software development at scale by implementing automated guardrails, integrating security tools into developer workflows, and ensuring continuous enforcement of security requirements.

Working in close partnership with Application, Cybersecurity Engineering, and Governance Risk & Compliance teams, your role will involve translating security requirements into scalable, automated controls across Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and infrastructure. You will help ensure that security is enforced consistently through policy-as-code, pipeline automation, and platform engineering practices. As a senior technical contributor, you will drive the adoption of secure-by-default engineering patterns, balancing strong security controls with developer experience and delivery velocity.

Requirements

• Experience embedding security controls into software delivery pipelines, code repositories, and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience implementing automated guardrails.
• Experience integrating security tools into developer workflows.
• Experience ensuring continuous enforcement of security requirements.
• Experience translating security requirements into scalable, automated controls across CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.
• Experience ensuring security is enforced consistently through policy-as-code, pipeline automation, and platform engineering practices.
• Experience driving the adoption of secure-by-default engineering patterns.

Responsibilities

• Embedding security controls into software delivery pipelines, code repositories, and cloud-native platforms.
• Implementing automated guardrails.
• Integrating security tools into developer workflows.
• Ensuring continuous enforcement of security requirements.
• Translating security requirements into scalable, automated controls across CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.
• Ensuring security is enforced consistently through policy-as-code, pipeline automation, and platform engineering practices.
• Driving the adoption of secure-by-default engineering patterns.

Benefits

• healthcare coverage
• a 401(k) savings plan
• paid time off
• company holidays
• sick leave
• parental leave
• access to an Employee Assistance Program focused on mental and financial wellness
• annual bonus
• annual equity award
• participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

What This Job Offers

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