# Senior Staff Cybersecurity Engineer, Platform Security (R5219)

Hiring organization: [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/584bd9fb-ec94-4b22-9023-b99113d23dd0

Listed on Shield AI's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Salary: 160000 – 240000 USD per year

## Summary

A hands-on senior engineer role designing and building secure-by-default infrastructure across Shield AI's cloud, CI/CD, and deployment systems. The position suits experienced platform and infrastructure engineers who want to own the security foundations that make secure practices the easiest path for all developers.

_Our summary, not Shield AI's wording._

## Skills named

CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Terraform

## Required

- Senior-level experience in platform or infrastructure security
- Hands-on expertise designing and operating IaC modules and pipeline infrastructure
- Strong understanding of secure-by-default and shift-left security principles
- Ability to read and reason about code, configuration, telemetry, and architecture

## Nice to have

- Experience with policy-as-code frameworks
- Background in defense or mission-critical systems
- Experience building durable automated security controls

Apply on Shield AI's site: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/6504c787-5aff-41ad-9104-2d251bf9eb12/apply