Qube Research & Technologies
Security Engineer - Platform Security
$180K–$260K
New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Location
- New York
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in security engineering, platform security, cloud security, or infrastructure engineering.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates secure infrastructure platforms for evaluating and adopting emerging technologies across cloud and on-premises environments.
What you'll do
- Develop reusable security architectures, isolation patterns, trust boundaries, and guardrails; automate security controls.
- Assess threats and risks in infrastructure, software, cloud services, and emerging technologies, translating findings into practical controls.
- Partner with technical and business teams to deliver secure solutions and apply AI-assisted tooling to security engineering and automation.
What they ask for
- Strong experience designing secure hybrid infrastructure, with AWS ideally.
- Deep knowledge of network security, IAM, least privilege, and defence-in-depth.
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, virtualisation, and workload security; strong infrastructure-as-code and automation experience, particularly Terraform.
- Scripting or software development skills in Python, Go, PowerShell, or similar; practical experience with threat modelling, CI/CD security, and software supply-chain security.
Pay
$180,000 to $260,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
AWS, Terraform, Python, Go, PowerShell, Kubernetes, LLMs, CI/CD
AI focus
Apply LLMs and AI-assisted tooling to improve security engineering and automation.
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