About the role

Senior Security Engineer at Wattpad implementing security controls for AWS cloud systems. Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure data protection and secure software practices.

Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, and monitoring security controls in our AWS cloud infrastructure to balance protection with scalability.
Influencing the technical direction of the Engineering & Data department by introducing secure development practices and threat modeling.
Acting as a force multiplier by building security automation workflows and "guardrails" that allow teams to ship code safely and quickly.
Directly solving complex security challenges, including incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation of vulnerabilities.
Assisting teams in implementing access management and compliance controls, compliance (SOC 2/ISO 27001), and risk governance.
Building and maturing our application security program, partnering with engineering teams to triage findings from our Vulnerability Disclosure Program.
Collaborating with engineers on implementing security best practices to help raise the security bar across the organization.

5+ years of work experience in SecOps, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, or similar security-focused role
AWS security expertise: Hands-on experience with Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, AWS WAF, and IAM policy management
SIEM experience highly desirable: Datadog, Splunk, or similar platforms (query development, alert tuning, incident investigation)
Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code security: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
Experience with containers and Kubernetes (EKS preferred) including security hardening
Strong scripting and automation skills: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Experience securing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions strongly preferred)
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks
Understanding of enterprise and cloud network security architecture and controls
SOC 2 and/or ISO 27001 compliance experience
Self-starter comfortable with ambiguity - ability to define and execute on loosely-scoped problems
Balanced communication style - proactive collaborator when needed, deep-focus engineer when required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!