Security Operations Engineer

🔥 18 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $127.5k - $159.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛡️ Security Operations

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CircleCI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2011

☁️ SaaS

Software • SaaS • Development Tools

CircleCI is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that empowers engineering teams to automate the process of building, testing, and deploying software efficiently. With robust features like automatic testing, end-to-end visibility, and progressive delivery, CircleCI helps organizations streamline their software development workflows and deploy applications with confidence. It caters to developers of all sizes, offering flexibility and integration across various environments.

📋 Description

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security threats across CircleCI’s cloud and application environments • Use security and AI-assisted tooling to improve detection and triage • Participate in security risk assessments, incident response, post-incident reviews, and rotating on-call support • Turn findings into stronger security controls and processes • Build and maintain security tooling, controls, and automation across cloud, application, and CI/CD environments • Identify vulnerabilities and configuration risks • Contribute to security runbooks and compliance requirements • Incorporate AI-powered security tools into day-to-day workflows • Evaluate emerging technologies that can improve detection, response, and automation • Stay current on AI-specific security threats and contribute to responsible approaches for using AI in security operations • Partner with Engineering teams to understand security needs and provide practical guidance • Translate technical risks into clear, actionable recommendations • Contribute to security roadmap planning, technology evaluations, and team documentation • Build strong relationships across Security and Engineering

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of security engineering or security operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated expertise • Hands-on experience with cloud, application, and CI/CD security, ideally in AWS, GCP, or Azure environments • Experience with security incident response and common security tooling, including EDR, CNAPP, SASE, vulnerability scanners, and log analysis • Ability to build and maintain security automation and tooling, with experience in Go, Python, or Terraform • Strong security judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risk, make recommendations, and take action when information is incomplete • Hands-on experience using AI/ML-powered security tools in a production environment • Understanding of where AI can improve security workflows and where human judgment remains essential • Familiarity with AI-specific threat categories such as prompt injection, model supply chain risks, and LLM abuse patterns • Experience securing developer platforms, SaaS environments, or CI/CD infrastructure • Relevant certifications such as CEH, AWS Security Specialty, Security+, or equivalent are nice to have • Contributions to team process improvement, security runbook development, or internal knowledge sharing are nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities during the application or interview process and to perform essential job functions • Other benefits and privileges of employment