- 7+ years of experience in security engineering and/or software engineering/or security operations, work in cloud environments, with a focus on the below:
- Cloud security experience (GCP preferred, but AWS or Azure is welcome)
- Cloud native Kubernetes services (EKS/GKE/AKS) and strong container security principles
- Strong understanding of securing IAM and cloud identities
- Experience leading technical security reviews of products and architectures, running threat modelling exercises, and turning findings into security controls engineering teams can implement.
- Strong knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities and how to prevent them (OWASP Top 10 and similar).
- Hands-on experience with IAC and related tools (preferably Terraform/OpenTofu)
WHAT WILL GIVE YOU AN EDGE?
- Experience as the first security hire or founding member of a security function at a scaling company.
- Familiarity with AI/LLM security risks (e.g. OWASP LLM Top 10) and securing AI-powered product features.
- Strong backend engineering skills, particularly in Go
- Experience supporting SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audits from an engineering perspective.
- Public security research, CVEs, open-source security tooling, or conference talks.
- Offensive security skills, with the ability to validate findings through hands-on exploitation.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
- WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
- Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial, physical, and mental well-being
- $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development, all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
- Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries.
- 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role
- Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carer’s leave
- Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance
- Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
- Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work.
- Stock options: Share in UpGuard's growth and long-term success
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Please Note: Not all roles can be performed from the United States. Please check your specific job listing to confirm its advertised location. If the role you are applying for is listed as based in the US, we are currently only able to support hiring in the following locations: CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, OR, PA, TX, WA, and DC.
Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks.