Senior Security Engineer II

Braze

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXNew York City, 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.

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 identity and access management strategies, 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 workflows. The role requires deep expertise in AWS, GCP, and MongoDB to secure large-scale distributed systems. Technical requirements include the ability to read and write code in Python and Terraform while utilizing tools like CrowdStrike and Tenable to protect cloud assets and ensure robust security across all production environments.

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 for infrastructure and product engineering teams.
Lead cross-functional security initiatives from scoping and technical debate to final delivery.
Mentor other engineers through design reviews, pairing, and providing technical feedback.
Establish scalable threat modeling practices for new cloud technologies and services.
Manage identity and access management (IAM) strategy across AWS and GCP environments.
Design high-signal detection rules and lead incident response investigations for cloud threats.
Oversee security for Kubernetes environments, including control planes, nodes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Automate security controls using Infrastructure-as-Code to ensure security is built into the deployment process.

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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