Chainguard

Technology

SeniorSecurityEngineer(CyberResiliency)

$175–235k ~AI est. Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Security Engineer (Cyber Resiliency) at Chainguard. Skills: Cyber Resiliency, Information Security, Cloud Security, Incident Response. Design technical controls. Deploy technical controls”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving abilities

Eligibility Requirements

Rotational on-call

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years software development, 5+ years information security, 5+ years IT engineering, Technical background, Excellent problem-solving abilities, Relentless curiosity, Team first mentality, Experience securing cloud-native environments, Experience with cloud security operations, Experience with endpoint security operations, Bias for macOS or Linux technology, Threat intelligence savvy, Ability to work independently, Ability to craft automation, Cloud forensics knowledge, Cloud incident response knowledge, Cloud forensics skills, Cloud incident response skills, Cloud forensics experience, Cloud incident response experience

Nice to Have

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Bachelor's in Engineering, Bachelor's in Computer Security, Bachelor's in Information Systems, Offensive security a plus, Open-source software development a plus

What You'll Do.

Design technical controls

Deploy technical controls

Optimize technical controls

Detect security incidents

Prevent security incidents

Engineer custom detection logic

Integrate threat intelligence

Design Agentic AI security operations playbooks

Contribute incident response efforts

Lead incident response efforts

Conduct tabletop exercises

Integrate security best practices

Conduct thesis-driven threat hunts

Research threat landscape

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate across teams; Work with security team

Full Job Description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. The role, in a nutshell: Help shape how the open source world defends itself while working with a high‑trust, low‑ego team that actually makes security fun. As a Senior Security Engineer on our Cyber Resiliency team, your role will be to enable Chainguardians to do their best work through collaborative low-friction Information Security. You will work closely with the security team and collaborate with teams across the company to improve our security posture and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. A successful candidate will possess a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving abilities, relentless curiosity, and a team first mentality. What you’ll do: Join a team of high character, high talent individuals Design, deploy and optimize innovative technical controls to detect and prevent security incidents Engineer custom detection logic, integrate threat intelligence, automate with SOAR, and design Agentic AI security operations playbooks Contributed or lead incident response efforts, including tabletop exercises Collaborate across teams to integrate security best practices into products and processes Conduct thesis-driven threat hunts across forensic data lakes Continuously research the threat landscape and commit to your professional self-deployment with guaranteed work time and training budget This position includes rotational

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