Staff Security Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the design, execution, and ongoing enhancement of enterprise security platforms.

• Architect and refine security infrastructure, encompassing endpoint protection, secrets management, vulnerability management, and identity security.

• Spearhead intricate security engineering projects from the identification of capability gaps to implementation and operational transfer.

• Collaborate with Network Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to integrate security controls.

• Develop and deploy security automation, orchestration, and engineering integrations.

• Direct enterprise vulnerability remediation initiatives and establish long-term engineering enhancements.

• Assess emerging security technologies and propose strategies for enterprise adoption.

• Formulate enterprise engineering standards, operational protocols, and security baselines.

• Provide technical guidance during complex security incidents, investigations, and root cause analyses.

• Counsel engineering and technology teams on secure infrastructure design, platform integrations, and security architecture.

• Create security metrics and operational reporting.

• Mentor security engineers and foster engineering excellence.

• Work alongside Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams regarding security control effectiveness and audit requirements.

• Investigate emerging security threats, engineering practices, automation technologies, and cloud security capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6–10 years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, cloud security, systems engineering, or a related information security field.

• Extensive experience leading complex enterprise security engineering projects across various technology domains.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or a comparable combination of education and relevant professional experience.

• Advanced knowledge in enterprise security engineering and platform architecture.

• Proficiency in endpoint security, vulnerability management, secrets management, and identity security technologies.

• Experience in cloud security engineering across AWS and modern infrastructure platforms.

• Skills in security automation, orchestration, scripting, and systems integration.

• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise infrastructure, networking, operating systems, and cloud technologies.

• Capability to lead complex cross-functional engineering projects and influence technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and architectural problem-solving abilities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with both technical and business audiences.

• Willingness to travel to Alkami HQ periodically (approximately 1–2 trips annually) for team meetings, offsites, or company events.

• CISSP, CCSP, GSEC, or similar professional security certification.

• Experience in regulated financial services environments.

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, and cloud-native technologies.

• Background in evaluating and implementing emerging security platforms and engineering capabilities.

• Proven experience in leading enterprise security platform modernization initiatives.

• Network security experience using CloudFlare, PaloAlto, or similar tools.

• Interest in working with Agentic tools such as OpenAI Daybreak or similar to enhance security.

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.

• Alkami is unable to offer employment sponsorship at this time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

• Enjoyable company culture.