SeniorStaffCybersecurityEngineer,PlatformSecurity

## Description Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  ## What you'll do Build the secure defaults: Infrastructure-as-Code modules, CI/CD pipeline templates, internal libraries, and golden-path scaffolding that make the secure choice the easy choice. Engineer guardrails as code — policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest), admission controllers, cloud guardrails (SCPs / org policy), and pre-commit and CI checks — so the insecure path is blocked or flagged automatically. Own the platform security tooling that other teams consume, so they don't have to build their own; replace recurring manual work with durable, self-service mechanisms. Embed security into the software and infrastructure supply chain: pipeline security, build/artifact integrity, dependency and container scanning, and secrets management. Engineer workload and service identity controls (least privilege, short-lived credentials, federated trust) so zero-standing-privilege is real and observable. Write and maintain production-quality code and infrastructure that backs these controls. Partner with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering teams early — review high-blast-radius designs against the internal Security Engineering standard while the design can still change, and turn recurring findings into a missing paved road, not just another fix. Set technical direction and standards for secure-by-default; document them so they can be applied without us, and mentor and raise the bar for other engineers. ## Required qualifications Extensive experience in security engineering, p