Staff Platform Security Engineer, Cloud/AWS/Kubernetes

Early Warning Services

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Scottsdale, AZChicago, ILSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$132,000–$165,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $148k
$121k most similar roles pay here $231k

This role pays less than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $146,375–$218,656 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $148k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,500–$183,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Platform Security Engineer, Cloud/AWS/Kubernetes

Staff Platform Security Engineer - Cloud/AWS/Kubernetes is a highly technical individual contributor role focused on defining and advancing secure target states, architecture patterns, and technical standards for products, platforms, and shared services. You will embed security into the software and infrastructure lifecycle by building secure-by-default platform capabilities, leading complex cross-functional initiatives, and conducting engineering design reviews. The role involves translating policy requirements into practical engineering solutions while managing CI/CD workflows, infrastructure provisioning, and runtime operations. Key technical competencies include expertise in cloud infrastructure, security engineering, and Kubernetes, with a focus on AWS environments. You will also work with policy as code, platform governance models, and large-scale security automation to mitigate systemic risks. This role addresses the challenge of securing high-availability, high-scale, and regulated technology environments by ensuring security is integrated early into the development lifecycle.

What you'll do

  • Define secure target states, reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for platform capabilities.
  • Lead complex security engineering initiatives across multiple systems, services, and engineering domains.
  • Conduct security reviews for infrastructure patterns, platform services, and shared service integrations.
  • Implement scalable, secure-by-default controls to reduce engineering friction while improving risk posture.
  • Integrate security requirements into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and service lifecycle management.
  • Translate policy and control expectations into practical engineering solutions and measurable guidance.
  • Identify and remediate systemic platform risks, recurring control failures, and engineering weaknesses.
  • Evaluate and adopt new platform security technologies and automation opportunities.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at the date of hire.
  • Typically has 8 or more years of experience or a portfolio consistent with the requirements of the role.
  • Deep experience in platform, infrastructure, software, cloud infrastructure, or security engineering domains.
  • Experience owning major technical initiatives involving secure platform design, control implementation, or engineering workflow transformation.
  • Strong experience defining standards, patterns, or reusable solutions adopted across multiple teams.
  • Demonstrated mentoring or technical leadership experience and strong communication skills to explain complex risks.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) and experience with policy as code or large-scale security automation (preferred).

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