Senior Security Engineer
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VultrCloud infrastructure security
Remote - United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary120,000 - 150,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of security-focused software development experience
- Required Skills
- PHPPythonFlaskKubernetesFastAPIGrafana
Requirements
- 5+ years of security-focused software development experience with demonstrated tool-building expertise.
- Advanced Python proficiency, including production-grade development with Flask/FastAPI, async workflows, and comprehensive testing frameworks.
- Hands-on Kubernetes tooling experience, including operators, admission controllers, or custom security automation development.
- Practical experience with Grafana dashboard creation, metrics collection, and GitLab CI/CD pipeline customization.
- Basic PHP familiarity for legacy system collaboration and modernization projects.
- Strong understanding of security automation principles and DevSecOps practices.
- Experience with container security, secrets management, and infrastructure-as-code security validation.
- Ability to build scalable security solutions that integrate with existing development workflows.
- Track record of creating self-service tools that reduce manual security overhead.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop Python-driven security tools, including vulnerability scanners, API security validators, and CI/CD security gateways using Flask/FastAPI.
- Build Kubernetes security automation, including RBAC policy generators, runtime threat detection systems, and automated secrets rotation.
- Create self-service security tools with infrastructure-as-code validators and container compliance checks.
- Enhance GitLab CI/CD pipelines with custom security automation, SAST/DAST workflows, and secrets detection.
- Develop Grafana-compatible tooling for security metrics aggregation, log analysis, and threat visibility dashboards.
- Modernize legacy PHP systems through Python-based wrappers and migration pipelines.
- Integrate security tooling into development workflows and promote security automation practices across cloud-native environments.
- Respond to security incidents with custom tooling and automated remediation workflows.
- Mentor team members on secure development practices and tool architecture.
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