Senior Security Engineer II

Braze

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $149,000–$235,000 / yr
Posted: 72 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k

This role $192k

$123k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $149,206–$203,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $192k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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About Braze

Braze is a leading cloud-based customer engagement platform that enables brands to foster human connection with consumers through interactive, real-time, cross-channel marketing.

Braze currently has 108 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $149,000–$234,000 across 107 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer II

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Senior Security Engineer II joins the Security Engineering function as a senior individual contributor and technical leader focused on cloud security. This role involves setting technical direction by defining standards, guardrails, and reference architectures for infrastructure, SRE, and product engineering teams. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional initiatives, perform threat modeling for new technologies, manage IAM security across AWS and GCP, and oversee detection engineering and incident response. Key responsibilities include securing self-managed Kubernetes environments, managing Infrastructure-as-Code via Terraform, and overseeing vulnerability management using tools like CrowdStrike and Tenable. The role requires deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems and managed data stores like MongoDB. Candidates must possess hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes while demonstrating the ability to read and write code in Python and Terraform to solve complex cloud security challenges.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $192000 from 124 postings across 47 companies.

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Skills

AWS GCP Kubernetes Terraform Python MongoDB CI/CD SIEM CrowdStrike Tenable Infrastructure-as-Code Threat Modeling Incident Response Cloud Security Vulnerability Management SaaS Distributed Systems

What you'll do

Define cloud security standards, guardrails, and reference architectures to create durable, organization-wide patterns.
Lead cross-functional security initiatives from scoping and stakeholder management through to final delivery.
Mentor and uplevel other engineers through technical design reviews, pairing, and providing actionable feedback.
Own the threat modeling process for new cloud technologies and infrastructure components across AWS and GCP.
Design high-signal detection rules and manage the end-to-end coverage for cloud-based threats.
Serve as a senior incident responder and lead forensic investigations to create automated response playbooks.
Manage security tools like CrowdStrike and Tenable while overseeing the vulnerability management lifecycle.
Secure Kubernetes environments, including control planes, node isolation, and CI/CD supply chain integrity.

What we're looking for

You must have several years of experience owning cloud security in production environments.
You must have hands-on experience with AWS as a primary cloud provider.
You must have working knowledge of GCP and self-managed Kubernetes.
You must be able to read and write code in Python and Terraform.
You must be able to lead cross-functional security initiatives, define standards, and mentor other engineers.
You must be able to perform threat modeling, incident response, and cloud forensics for AWS and GCP.
You must be able to manage security tools such as CrowdStrike and Tenable.
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) experience is preferred.

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