Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer


Dallas
Permanent
$180,000 - $230,000 USD a year
Cybersecurity
PR/600843_1785452196
Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer

Glocomms is partnering with a cutting-edge technology organization that leverages high-performance computing and cloud infrastructure at scale. As a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer, you will help strengthen the organization's security posture by identifying, assessing, and mitigating vulnerabilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance vulnerability management processes across infrastructure, cloud platforms, container environments, and supporting services.
  • Implement and maintain security monitoring and threat detection capabilities to improve visibility and response across enterprise platforms.
  • Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to integrate security scanning, assessment, and remediation workflows into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code deployments.
  • Lead vulnerability triage efforts and partner with stakeholders to prioritize and remediate security findings based on risk.
  • Perform security assessments, attack surface reviews, and threat modeling activities across infrastructure and application environments.
  • Develop automation to continuously evaluate security posture and improve operational efficiency.
  • Contribute to security standards, tooling, and best practices while promoting a security-focused engineering culture.
  • Monitor emerging threats and vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation strategies where appropriate.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in security engineering with a focus on infrastructure, platform, cloud, or application security.
  • Hands-on experience with vulnerability management, security monitoring, and cloud security technologies.
  • Strong understanding of infrastructure security, container security, software supply chain risks, secrets management, and secure system configuration.
  • Experience securing Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows.
  • Scripting or development experience with languages such as Python, Bash, Go, or similar.
  • Familiarity with vulnerability prioritization methodologies, risk scoring frameworks, and remediation practices.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and security teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with runtime security monitoring, behavioral detection, or cloud-native security tooling.
  • Familiarity with software supply chain security concepts, artifact integrity, and secure development practices.
  • Exposure to security operations, incident response, threat intelligence, or detection engineering functions.
  • Relevant security certifications such as OSCP, GIAC, CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, or similar.
  • Experience supporting large-scale distributed infrastructure and cloud-native environments.

*please note this position does not offer sponsorship

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