Join Yugabyte as a Staff Engineer-Security to enhance security operations and automation in a fast-paced startup environment.
Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
AI in the day-to-day
Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8–11 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Staff Engineer-Security at Yugabyte focuses on enhancing security operations and engineering capabilities, including vulnerability management and security automation. This role requires strong hands-on skills in automation and familiarity with modern SaaS infrastructures, along with a solid background in cybersecurity. Ideal candidates will have 8-11 years of experience and a passion for tackling complex security challenges in a dynamic startup environment. Yugabyte's diverse team collaborates across multiple time zones, emphasizing innovative solutions for cloud-native applications.
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Quick facts
- Is the Staff Engineer-Security role remote?
- It's hybrid — Yugabyte expects some on-site time in India.
- How much experience is required?
- 8–11 years of relevant experience for this Staff Engineer-Security role.
- Where is the role based?
- Yugabyte is hiring for this position in India.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Panther, Python, RapidFort, Wazuh, bash.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Yugabyte targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Engineer-Security role at Yugabyte.
From the original posting
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk?
Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?
At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences.
Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us!
About the Role :
The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.
We are looking for a security engineer who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Security monitoring and detection engineering
- Vulnerability management and remediation coordination
- Security tooling administration and improvement
- Platform and image hardening initiatives
- Compliance-supporting security controls
- Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness
Requirements:
- BS/MS degree
- 8-11 years of experience in security domain
- Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;
- Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
- Familiarity with major security protocols
- Collaboration, transparency and integrity
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.
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