Join Wiz as a Security Engineer to lead security reviews and enhance cloud-native security practices in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 22 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 22 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead threat modeling and security reviews
- Build automation and security tooling
- Design secure baselines for cloud resources
- Drive vulnerability management efforts
- Extend detection and response capabilities
Must have
- 7+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations
- Experience with AWS cloud security or equivalent
- Experience with cloud-native Kubernetes services
- Experience securing IAM and cloud identities
- Experience leading technical security reviews
- Practical understanding of web application security concepts
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- Experience working with remote, globally distributed teams
- Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, or CIEM solutions
Practical constraints
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country without visa sponsorship
AI in the day-to-day
Wiz's platform harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations for enhanced threat detection and response.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Security Engineer for Product & Production Infrastructure at Wiz focuses on conducting security reviews, managing vulnerabilities, and enhancing detection and response capabilities within cloud-native environments. Key skills include expertise in AWS security, Kubernetes, and automation tools like Python and Terraform, alongside a solid understanding of web application security. This role is ideal for seasoned professionals with extensive experience in security engineering, particularly those who have worked in cloud environments and can collaborate effectively with distributed teams. Wiz's rapid growth and commitment to innovative security solutions make it a compelling environment for
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 25, 2026. Last confirmed on Wiz's careers page September 25, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 85% of 88 comparable senior security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $174,250 across 40 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 39% of 308 comparable senior security roles in United States; Rego appears in 0.3% of 308 comparable senior security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Security Engineer, Product & Production Infrastructure role remote?
- Yes — Wiz lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Wiz lists $207,000–$283,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Security Engineer, Product & Production Infrastructure role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, GCP, Go, HCL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Wiz targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Security Engineer, Product & Production Infrastructure role at Wiz.
From the original posting
Come join the organization that is redefining security for the AI era. As one of the fastest-growing startups ever, we enable teams to secure cloud and AI applications by connecting code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. Trusted by security teams all over the world, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent. Not to mention, we're now powered by Google, meaning we offer our customers an AI-powered platform that harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations to better detect, prevent, and respond to threats across all environments, allowing for further innovation.
Minimum qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations work in cloud environments.
- Experience with AWS cloud security, or equivalent experience in Azure and GCP with some level of AWS experience.
- Experience with cloud-native Kubernetes services (such as EKS, GKE, or AKS) and strong container security principles.
- Experience securing IAM and cloud identities at scale.
- Experience leading technical security reviews of products and architectures, conducting threat modeling exercises, and translating findings into actionable security controls.
- Practical understanding of web application security concepts (such as OWASP Top-10 and similar).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and related tools (such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, or Pulumi).
- Experience with automation and tooling development in Python, Go, Shell, HCL, or Rego.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, and/or equivalent job experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience working with remote, globally distributed teams.
- Experience working in organizations that develop software and/or operate managed infrastructure and technology services for their own customers.
- Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, or CIEM solutions.
About the job
Wiz is looking for a Security Engineer for Product & Production Infrastructure who has experience performing security reviews, vulnerability management, and detection and response operations in cloud-native environments. You’ll get to collaborate with our software development and DevOps teams to secure Wiz’s products, CI/CD infrastructure, and production infrastructure. You’ll also have the opportunity to influence our product roadmap by utilizing Wiz-for-Wiz to assess, monitor, and harden our environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead threat modeling and security reviews across Wiz's products and cloud infrastructure, identifying attack surfaces and developing scalable mitigation strategies.
- Build automation, policy-as-code, and security tooling that enables development teams to "shift left" and integrate end-to-end security into their workflows.
- Design and implement secure baselines for cloud resources and Kubernetes based infrastructure.
- Drive vulnerability management and remediation efforts – prioritizing issues, implementing mitigations, and designing strategic preventative controls in software supply chains from development through production.
- Extend our detection and response capabilities – building scalable solutions to identify malicious activity, triage alerts, and investigate and remediate incidents.
- Collaborate with our Wiz Federal team – extending our DevSecOps and Product Security practices to Wiz's FedRAMP environment and ensure it meets key security requirements.
- Build deep functional partnerships with Wiz's engineering and operations teams – helping them deliver secure-by-design solutions.
Compensation + Benefits
Compensation for this full-time position includes base salary + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the position is based, without the need for visa sponsorship. This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
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