Security Engineer

Do work that matters.    

At AlertMedia, we help organizations protect their people, operations, and brand. Our modern Risk Intelligence and Response platform empowers teams to detect emerging threats, assess impact, and respond with confidence. We believe building resilience should be simpler—and it starts with bringing critical information and workflows together in one unified platform.       

Our core values drive us in our important mission of keeping people safe & informed:  

• We’re humans not robots 
•  Customers always come first 
• We work better together 
• Simplicity is our strength 
• Our reputation is priceless 
• Hard work pays off  

As one of the fastest growing software companies in the nation, we’re focused on finding the best talent and building the best team to continue accelerating our rapid growth to keep up with our demand. We’re also an AI-forward company, and we expect everyone on our team to use modern AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and others, to work smarter, move faster, and optimize processes. 

Who you are:

You are a hands-on Security Engineer who can translate security and compliance requirements into practical technical solutions. You communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical audiences and enjoy working across teams. You are comfortable balancing cloud security, application security, compliance, and customer-facing responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

What you get to do every day:  

• Partner with Engineering to design, implement, and improve security controls across AlertMedia’s software, application architecture, and AWS infrastructure.
• Strengthen security monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.
• Integrate security controls into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and software development workflows.
• Support compliance efforts, including SOC 2 and ISO audits.
• Lead the technical portions of enterprise customer security reviews and architecture discussions.
• Develop deep knowledge of AlertMedia’s software and advise Sales and Legal on customer security questions.
• Clearly communicate security risks, requirements, and recommendations to technical teams, business partners, and customers.
• Identify opportunities to improve security and compliance controls across the product and infrastructure.

What you bring to the role:

• Three or more years of experience in security engineering, information security, compliance, or a related role.
• Must have hands-on experience securing AWS environments.
• Experience with AWS security services such as: Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Cloud, Key Management Service, Web Application Firewall, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and Macie.
• Knowledge of identity and access management, encryption standards, cloud infrastructure, and security tooling.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and software development workflows.
• Experience supporting SOC 2 and/or ISO audits.
• Experience supporting application security, cloud security, or incident response programs.
• Experience participating in customer security reviews and explaining technical concepts to different audiences.
• Experience leading technical security or architecture discussions with enterprise customers.
• Strong analytical, project management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• A collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

Location: This is a remote, U.S.-based position. Please note that we currently do not hire candidates residing in the following states: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming

Sponsorship: AlertMedia does not sponsor employment visas. Candidates must have existing authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Why you’ll love working at AlertMedia:  

At AlertMedia, you won’t just build your career — you’ll be part of something meaningful, surrounded by people who genuinely care about the work and each other.

• Competitive base salary + Company-wide bonus program 
• Generous and flexible time off and parental leave policies 
• Health benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance are 100% paid for employees! 
• 401K with generous company match 
• Amazing rewards and incentives – we love celebrating each other! 
• Commitment to community service with opportunities to give back  
• A Best Places to Work company 10 years in a row and numerous other awards 
• Access to new downtown office with 360 views of Austin, high-tech building gym and nearby running trails 
• Ongoing career development opportunities through our Learning & Development team  
• You'll do meaningful work—while growing your career in a fast-moving, global company with an award-winning culture

About AlertMedia:  

We are the leading risk intelligence and response platform — trusted by the largest companies in the world to protect their people and assets when it matters most.  We are a high-growth, PE-backed SaaS company with more than 4,000 clients scaling rapidly across the globe.  Our technology is unmatched with a unified platform, a 7+year history of AI innovation, a customer NPS of 70+, and a culture that sets us even further apart from our competition. 

We are an equal opportunity employer focused on creating a collaborative and exciting place for all to work. Ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace for all people is key to our success and core to our values.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.   

This is an amazing opportunity to be part of our wave of momentum and take our company, and your career, to the next growth stage. We'd love to get to know you better and share how we serve our amazing customers. For more information, please visit www.alertmedia.com.    

Come join us in our mission to save lives and minimize loss through effective communication.    

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