Senior Platform Security Engineer

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November 22

☕ Washington – Remote

Although this job is listed in Washington, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $163k - $192k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Opala

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Healthcare Insurance • SaaS • API

Opala is a company that specializes in providing software solutions for the healthcare industry, focusing primarily on healthcare payers such as health plans and pharmacy benefit managers. The company aims to transform data into a competitive advantage by improving data quality and providing insights to enhance revenue growth, decrease expenses, and improve patient outcomes. Opala's solutions streamline workflows, enhance administrative efficiency, and identify care gaps. With a strong focus on data security and reliability, Opala offers scalable and automated solutions tailored for healthcare providers. Additionally, they provide APIs through their Developer Toolkit for seamless integration with third-party applications, helping healthcare organizations achieve better patient matching and real-time benefits tracking.

11 - 50 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

☁️ SaaS

🔌 API

📋 Description

• Monitor and secure our Azure + AWS environments, responding to incidents and remediating vulnerabilities • Design and implement Infrastructure as Code guardrails (Terraform, Bash, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, Jinja, CloudInit) • Embed security checks into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) • Build and manage secrets management, identity solutions, and key rotation • Partner with squads to ensure product features are secure and compliant by design • Investigate security breaches and document root cause and remediation steps • Integrate logging/monitoring with SOC/MDR vendor to ensure strong detection and response • Perform SAST/DAST testing and strengthen software supply chain security • Develop and implement an immutable infrastructure strategy • Build and execute a red team and blue team strategy to continually test defenses • Research security enhancements and make recommendations to leadership • Stay current on IT and security standards, advising the company on emerging risks

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience) • 6+ years in platform engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud security roles, with at least 4 in a senior capacity • 2+ years mentoring and developing junior team members • Experience with security in both AWS and Azure • Experience with IaC tools and automation (Terraform, Bash, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, Jinja, CloudInit) • Experience with SAST/DAST and securing the software supply chain • Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger JSON specifications and API security • Familiarity with SOC 2 controls and know how to enforce them in cloud systems • Familiarity with HIPAA controls and know how to enforce them in cloud systems • Strong Bash scripting skills for automation • Ability to collaborate closely with developers and product squads while setting security best practices

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance • EAP • short-term and long-term disability • 16 days PTO • 8 paid holidays • fully paid holiday closure • parental and family medical leave • 401k • stock options • annual bonuses and salary increases based on merit