Senior Security Operations Engineer
$180,000–$220,000 year
Remote · United States
Job Summary
Senior Security Operations Engineer at AssemblyAI responsible for bridging security engineering and security operations. Role involves threat modeling, secure code reviews, deploying and maintaining security tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST, secret scanning, IaC scanning, CI/CD security), infrastructure hardening (AWS, Terraform), vulnerability triage and remediation, incident response, and supporting audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI 4.0). Collaboration with product, platform, sales, and legal to address customer-facing security needs, plus maintaining runbooks and automation. Requires 5+ years of relevant experience, strong app security fundamentals, familiarity with AWS/Terraform, Python, and comfort with AI-assisted development tools. The position is fully remote in the United States with a base salary range of $180k-$220k and comprehensive compensation.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or a related role that combined both
- Hands-on experience with at least one of SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI compliance audit cycles
- Strong application security fundamentals: threat modeling, secure code review, and familiarity with common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE)
- Experience with security tooling across the development lifecycle: SAST, SCA, DAST, secret scanning, or IaC scanning
- Working knowledge of AWS infrastructure and services, including IAM, VPC networking, and security configurations
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipeline security
- Proficiency in Python and comfort reading code across backend services
- Strong written communication skills—you'll write audit documentation, security questionnaire responses, policy documents, and runbooks regularly
- Comfort using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, or similar) to write scripts, build automations, and accelerate documentation
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