Senior/Staff Security Ops Engineer
Hybrid – NYC

Our client is a high-growth AI company building a proprietary machine learning platform focused on structured data extraction and analysis in regulated domains. With strong traction across global law firms and financial institutions, they've raised ~$30M to date and are backed by top-tier investors.

They are now hiring a Senior or Staff-level Security Operations Engineer to help scale their infrastructure securely and ensure compliance as they continue onboarding top-tier enterprise customers.

The Opportunity

This engineer will own and evolve security operations at a foundational moment—designing monitoring and alerting systems, leading incident response efforts, and partnering cross-functionally to ensure the platform meets rigorous security standards. This is a high-impact role well-suited to someone who thrives in startup environments and wants to build from first principles.

The product is single-tenant and handles sensitive legal and financial data; experience in regulated domains or supporting SOC 2 workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain end-to-end security monitoring, alerting, and response systems

• Lead incident response and design IR playbooks, runbooks, and tabletop exercises

• Implement infrastructure-level controls across IAM, secrets, and network segmentation

• Work with platform engineers on secure provisioning (Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Run vulnerability management processes and respond to emerging CVEs

• Support compliance efforts (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR) alongside legal/compliance teams

• Embed DevSecOps practices into the development lifecycle

• Support forensic investigations and anomaly detection systems

Qualifications

Must-have:

• 5+ years of experience in SecOps, cloud security, or platform engineering

• Strong scripting or automation skills (Python, Bash, etc.)

• Experience operating SIEMs and creating custom detections

• Familiarity with AWS security best practices

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration (Terraform, Kubernetes)

• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions

Nice-to-have:

• Prior experience in highly regulated environments or supporting SOC 2 audits

• Familiarity with security telemetry tooling (CrowdStrike, Osquery, etc.)

• Interest in legal, financial, or ML-based platforms

Compensation

• Base salary: $183,000 – $255,000

• Equity: Competitive early-stage package

• Benefits:

  • Hybrid in NYC

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance

  • Unlimited PTO and sick days

  • 401(k) plan

  • Fitness membership via Wellhub

  • Commuter benefits

  • Regular team offsites

  • Centrally located office (Bryant Park / Grand Central)
    
     

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