Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Edge Staffing is working with a client that builds modern, AI-powered technology for public safety agencies across the United States. They are seeking a Security Operations Engineer to take ownership of security operations for their cloud-native SaaS platform, focusing on security strategy, detection and response capabilities, and compliance automation.
Responsibilities
- Own key areas of security operations and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen security posture
- Develop and improve security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response processes
- Build and automate security controls across AWS infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD pipelines
- Translate compliance requirements into automated, continuously verifiable controls
- Lead SOC 2 operational activities, including evidence collection, access reviews, audit readiness, and control management
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous security improvements
- Develop automation using Python, Go, or similar scripting languages
- Partner with infrastructure, backend, and product engineering teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle
- Evaluate and leverage AI tools to improve threat detection, triage, compliance workflows, and operational efficiency
- Conduct security reviews, advise engineering teams, and contribute to long-term security strategy
Skills
- 3–5 years of experience in Security Operations, Cloud Security, or DevSecOps
- Hands-on experience supporting SOC 2 compliance and audits
- Strong knowledge of AWS security services, including IAM, networking, encryption, logging, and secrets management
- Experience securing CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency with Python, Go, or another scripting language
- Solid understanding of cloud security, application security, and infrastructure security best practices
- Experience with incident response and security monitoring
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical risk to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities
- AWS GovCloud experience
- CJIS compliance experience
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- SIEM administration or detection engineering
- Kubernetes and container security
- CISSP or comparable security certification
- Experience with FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or other regulated compliance frameworks
- Experience supporting government, public safety, healthcare, financial services, or other regulated industries
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve security operations and automation
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