Lead Security Engineer

Summary

Join Panorama Education as a Lead Security Engineer and contribute to a fast-growing technology company focused on student success. As part of the Platform Security Team, you will assess risk, lead mitigations, and develop systems to improve data security. You will work on challenging projects, such as implementing guardrails for generative AI and bolstering security controls in modern applications and cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with engineers and other teams to build a shared understanding of security best practices and ensure the confidentiality of student data. The role requires a proactive mindset, strong attention to detail, and experience in software security and cloud security challenges. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Requirements

• An inquisitive, proactive and collaborative mindset with strong attention to detail
• A track record of coordinating a cross-functional team of engineers and non-engineers on high-impact projects - from the definition of technical scope to implementation details to safe releases and operations
• Experience breaking down and shaping the scope of technical requirements of a series of several projects to help optimize for overall team delivery
• Outstanding problem-solving abilities, with examples of overcoming challenges from real world applications of security or risk management frameworks
• 7 years experience in software organizations, including 5 years specifically solving software security or cloud security challenges (security engineering, application security, identity & access management or similar)
• Experience meeting compliance requirements (e.g. SOC2, ISO27001, FedRAMP or PCI)
• A knack for automation, with success stories of managing vulnerabilities effectively and hardening cloud security posture or applications (using tools like CSPM, SAST, DAST)
• Active involvement in the information security community or a security certification (eg. Security+ or AWS Certified in Security) with examples of positive impact

Responsibilities

• Deploy effective systemic security controls in AWS and web applications, ranging from code and access management down to the network and asset configuration (e.g. encryption enhancements)
• Investigate and plan major projects on the platform security team – be the one that enables successful on-time delivery by seeing around corners and mapping out the important factors for key technical decisions
• Foster operational excellence through least privilege access, incident response drills, process improvement, and robust solutions for monitoring, auditing and alerting
• Keep confidentiality and “security by default” across Panorama’s platform, never putting developer ease or convenience over making a difference to the millions of students we serve
• Partner with engineers, Tech Leads, and our amazing InfoSec and IT teams to build a shared understanding of how to move forward
• Share your deep knowledge of security, technology, and best practices to support our policies, solve complex challenges, and help us consistently achieve our goals
• Design, write, test, review, debug, deploy, and adapt when occasionally frustrated by code or systems (with supports to grow your infrastructure and security skills with training, including hands-on)
• Actively seek out and integrate the feedback from your teammates who have a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences so you can support inclusiveness, increase awareness, and build a better product

Benefits

• Annual bonus or commission awards
• Equity awards
• Other region-specific health and welfare benefits