Senior Security Engineer

PrizePicks • Atlanta, GA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

PrizePicks is the fastest-growing sports company in North America and the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports. We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to scale and mature our Cloud, Container, and Edge Security programs. This role involves moving beyond passive scanning to actively engineer guardrails, automate threat detection, and build automated enforcement gates into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. The engineer will partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Application Security teams to ensure cloud environments, containerized workloads, and edge boundaries are resilient and secure by default.

Requirements

• 5+ years in DevSecOps, Security Engineering, or similar roles.
• Experience owning a security program or initiative end-to-end, from roadmap to execution, including influencing engineering teams outside your reporting line.
• Expertise with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience with cloud and container security tooling.
• Strong understanding of WAFs, bot mitigation, API gateways, and CDN security features.
• Proven experience performing secure design and architecture reviews.
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm, etc.) and integrating security scanners into pipelines.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, and/or Crossplane.
• Experience with CrowdStrike.
• Solid understanding of networking principles (e.g., VPCs, load balancing, firewalls) in a cloud environment.
• Knowledge of database management (SQL and NoSQL).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Certified Kubernetes Administrator).

Responsibilities

• Define, drive, and execute the long-term technical roadmap for Cloud, Container, and Edge Protection programs.
• Manage and maintain edge and bot protection (e.g., WAF, CDN, DDoS mitigation).
• Perform security-focused infrastructure reviews for new product releases and architectural changes.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting tools to detect cloud and container-related vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
• Own container image security — vulnerability scanning and remediation at the base image layer, and building the gating needed to keep unpatched or non-compliant images out of production.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure and Engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes without slowing down delivery.
• Partner with Application Security and Engineering to implement security controls on opportunities identified during Threat Modeling.
• Lead initiatives around infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security and runtime protection to automate security controls and hardening.
• Identify security control gaps across cloud, container, and network infrastructure, and drive them to resolution — proposing the fix and staging the implementation (e.g., a Terraform PR) for Infrastructure to review and approve.
• Assist with threat modeling, risk assessments, and provide security guidance during the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with incident response teams, offering expert advice on cloud-related security issues to help resolve incidents quickly.
• Develop tooling or automation to support proactive remediation and continuous security validation.
• Track and report DevSecOps KPIs, such as mean time to remediate, security control coverage, and vulnerability trends.
• Mentor engineers across the security org and set technical standards for how the team approaches cloud and container security.

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development

What This Job Offers

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