Senior Security Engineer II

Braze

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXNew 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 serves as a senior individual contributor and technical leader within the Security Engineering function. This role focuses on establishing technical direction for cloud security across large-scale, distributed systems involving AWS, GCP, and self-managed Kubernetes environments. The successful candidate will define security standards, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor other engineers while managing complex tasks like threat modeling, detection engineering, incident response, and infrastructure-as-code security. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing guardrails for product teams, managing vulnerability workflows, and securing data stores such as MongoDB. To excel in this role, candidates must possess hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, proficiency in Python and Terraform, and the ability to translate complex attack paths into actionable guidance. The position addresses critical security challenges inherent in a cloud-native, multi-cloud infrastructure environment for a high-scale SaaS platform.

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 RBAC SaaS

What you'll do

Define cloud security standards, guardrails, and reference architectures to create durable, organization-wide patterns.
Lead cross-functional security initiatives from scope and timeline through to final delivery.
Mentor and uplevel other engineers through design reviews, technical pairing, and feedback.
Establish and manage threat modeling as a scalable practice for new cloud technologies and services.
Design and implement high-signal detection rules and SIEM rules for cloud-based threats.
Serve as a senior incident responder and lead cloud forensics investigations across AWS and GCP.
Manage security tools like CrowdStrike and Tenable while overseeing the vulnerability management workflow.
Secure Kubernetes environments, including control planes, nodes, admission controls, and CI/CD pipelines.

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 technical direction, define standards, and mentor other engineers.
You must be able to perform threat modeling, incident response, and cloud forensics.
You must be able to manage security for Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred).

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