Staff Security Engineer
Alkami Technology1 day ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$129k - $161k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable enterprise security platforms and engineering standards.
- Architect security infrastructure spanning endpoint protection, secrets management, vulnerability management, identity security, cloud security, and related technologies.
- Lead complex security engineering initiatives, including capability assessment, solution selection, implementation coordination, and operational handoff.
- Partner with Network Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to embed security controls into platforms and processes.
- Implement security automation, orchestration, and integrations to improve consistency, coverage, and operational efficiency.
- Lead enterprise vulnerability remediation and implement long-term improvements that reduce recurring security risk.
- Provide technical leadership during security incidents, investigations, root cause analysis, and defensive capability improvements.
- Develop security metrics, operational reporting, standards, procedures, and security baselines.
- Mentor security engineers and advise technical teams on secure infrastructure design, integrations, and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams on control effectiveness and regulatory, customer, and internal audit requirements.
- Research emerging threats, security engineering practices, automation technologies, and cloud security capabilities.
Requirements
- 6–10 years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, cloud security, systems engineering, or a related information security discipline.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Advanced enterprise security engineering and platform architecture expertise.
- Experience with endpoint security, vulnerability management, secrets management, identity security, AWS, and modern infrastructure platforms.
- Knowledge of security automation, orchestration, scripting, systems integration, enterprise infrastructure, networking, operating systems, and cloud technologies.
- Ability to lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives and influence technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, architectural problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel to Alkami headquarters approximately 1–2 times annually.
- Preferred: CISSP, CCSP, GSEC, or comparable security certification.
- Preferred: experience in regulated financial services, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, cloud-native technologies, security platform modernization, and network security tools such as CloudFlare or PaloAlto.
- Preferred: familiarity with agentic tools such as OpenAI Daybreak or similar tools for security improvement.
Benefits
- Remote-first work environment in the United States.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) with employer match and other benefits.
- Periodic travel to Alkami headquarters approximately 1–2 times annually for meetings, offsites, or company events.
- Employment sponsorship is not offered; candidates must be eligible to work full-time in the United States.
About Alkami Technology
Alkami Technology builds a cloud-based digital banking platform for U.S. banks and credit unions, covering retail and business banking, digital account opening, loan origination, fraud prevention, and data/marketing analytics. It sells modular SaaS products that can be deployed standalone or as a unified platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, Alkami is a public company trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ALKT.