Senior Security Engineer II

Braze

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago, ILNew 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.

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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. Key responsibilities include performing threat modeling for new technologies, designing secure-by-default architectures, managing IAM strategy across AWS and GCP, and leading detection engineering and incident response efforts. The candidate will also manage Kubernetes security, including control planes and CI/CD pipelines, while overseeing vulnerability management and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform. To succeed, the candidate must possess hands-on experience with AWS as a primary cloud, working knowledge of GCP, and proficiency in Python and Terraform to secure large-scale distributed systems and self-managed data stores like MongoDB within a cloud-native 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 scoping and stakeholder management through to final delivery.
Mentor other engineers through design reviews, pairing, and technical feedback to act as a force multiplier.
Establish scalable threat modeling practices for new cloud technologies and infrastructure components.
Manage identity and access management (IAM) strategy across AWS and GCP platforms.
Design high-signal detection rules and lead incident response investigations for cloud environments.
Oversee the security of self-managed Kubernetes clusters, including control planes and CI/CD pipelines.
Develop and harden Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to ensure security is integrated into deployment workflows.

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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