Senior Security Engineer II

Braze

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta, GANew York, NY
Salary: $149,000–$235,000 / yr
Posted: 47 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.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 defining cloud security 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 detection engineering and incident response, and oversee Kubernetes and platform security. Key responsibilities include managing IAM strategy, vulnerability management workflows, and Infrastructure-as-Code hardening using Terraform. The role requires deep technical expertise in AWS, GCP, and self-managed systems like MongoDB. Candidates must be proficient in Python and Terraform to secure large-scale, distributed systems. This position addresses the challenge of securing cloud-native infrastructure by transforming point-in-time fixes into durable, organization-wide security patterns across a complex, multi-cloud environment.

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 inception to delivery while guiding technical debates toward final decisions.
Establish and scale threat modeling as a repeatable practice for all new cloud technologies and services.
Manage identity and access management (IAM) strategies across AWS and GCP using least privilege models.
Design high-signal detection rules and lead incident response efforts for cloud-based security investigations.
Oversee the security of self-managed Kubernetes environments, including control planes, nodes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Develop and harden Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automated deployment workflows to ensure security is built-in.
Mentor other engineers through design reviews and technical guidance to serve as a force multiplier for the team.

What we're looking for

You must have several years of experience owning cloud security in a production environment.
You must have hands-on experience with AWS as a primary cloud provider.
You must have working knowledge of GCP and self-managed Kubernetes environments.
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 (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
Terraform is preferred for infrastructure and pipeline security.

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