Lead Security Engineer | AirStrip

About the position

AirStrip is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and continuously strengthen enterprise security architecture across cloud, application, and network environments. This role serves as a hands-on technical leader, partnering closely with engineering teams to embed security best practices, proactively hunt threats, and respond to incidents. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud security, threat detection, incident response, and healthcare compliance frameworks, and is passionate about protecting critical systems in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Remote work may be allowed with approval. This role may require travel of up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust security architectures
• Act as a mentor and escalation point to other members of the team
• Iterate security posture to better protect against attacks and detect new vectors
• Participate in efforts to mitigate and investigate security incidents
• Evaluate and test new vendor and in-house network initiatives for security issues
• Evangelize security practices through cross-functional work with engineering teams throughout the enterprise
• Safeguard the enterprise through active operation and defense of critical infrastructure
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree: in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Cyber Security, Engineering, or a related field preferred (commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree)
• Minimum 8 years of experience: in IT (information technology)
• Minimum 5 years of experience: in cyber security / IT security
• Knowledge of: securing AWS, Azure, or similar cloud environments
• Excellent documentation practices
• Perform vulnerability management: coordinating with other teams to resolve findings
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA, HITRUST
• Understanding of: ITIL, Zero Trust, HITRUST, and ISO 27000 series frameworks
• Experience: researching, building, and implementing defensive security systems that are used against internal and external attack vectors
• Experience designing and building: application and network security monitoring to aid in detection or forensic investigations
• Background in: intrusion detection, security investigations, and incident response
• Deep understanding of: the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and associated threat actor techniques
• Experience “threat hunting”: i.e. using threat intel to proactively and iteratively investigate potential risks and finding suspicious behavior in the environment
• Experience investigating: data for anomalies in order to identify suspicious behavior
• Experience with: Identity and Access Management (IAM), provisioning user accounts and access
• Solid understanding of: SIEM tools (LogRhythm, Splunk, etc.)

Nice-to-haves

• IT certifications: a plus: CISSP, CISA, CompTIA, GIAC

Benefits

• Bonus potential